The two most misspelled placenames in the country are Teesside and Middlesbrough. (View Post)

This doesn't really feel right. It was a very dry six months late Feb-late Aug, followed by a wetter Sep/Oct than normal. And so tge reservoirs are slightly lower than normal but recovering rapidly. … (View Post)

There is a coherent argument for tax rises for growth. But it depends on spending the money so raised on things which will generate more wealth - what used to be called 'investment' before Gordon Bro… (View Post)

OF COURSE Brian Blessed has a wife called Hildegarde. I bet she's a retired valkyrie. (View Post)

I remember growing up and understanding a billion to be a million million, then getting to secondary school and finding it had changed. It bafflrd me that you could do ths. How can you just change wh… (View Post)