I don't think that's true. Head to America and see what urbanism looks like in a world without planning. (Or less planning - there are still regulations.) (View Post)

Given the adverts, it's not as bad as I thought it would be. But my first instinct is that it looks very difficult to drive. The bonnet is so long, the roof so low, that it looks like your view … (View Post)

You have stitched yourself up goodand proper there, I'm afraid. My wife for years heavily hinted tbat she'd like a Yankee Candle advent calendar. Sadly being male I am impervious to hints. … (View Post)

There's only about three and a half weeks of brutality. By the time you get to late January, the trajectory is so firmly in the direction of light that joy returns to the world. To my world, at … (View Post)

It's too much because you're ramping up something which is already exviting*, at a time of year which is already pleasant, and at a time when you are struggling to think of and indeed affor… (View Post)