I've just had a nosy around the various pages linked to from "White Carribeans" on wikipedia. The history is varied and fascinating. I didn't know, for example, that Barbados was … (View Post)

Oh, indeed. But it never really struck me that the white population would be anything above insignificant. FWIW, cf the England cricket team - which was always captained by an amateur - i.e. someone … (View Post)

It's of no consequence, but classicists, and those interested in the standards of state primary education, on here may be slightly cheered to hear that I have just been to my year 4 daughter… (View Post)

Refers to the old non-celebrity show "Come Dancing"* and the ballroom dancing film "Strictly Ballroom". Mashed together in a way that sounds like it might be a play on words, but … (View Post)

I think this is a fair point. My view is that if NPR is to succeed, it needs to do much more than 4-6pth Leeds-Manchester-Liverpool. The principle of separating fast and slow trains is sound and will… (View Post)