Personally, I don't think there should be any sports in summer or winter olympics whuch rely on judges to tell you how nicely you're doing it. This includes gymnastics. But a friend of mine… (View Post)

I sketched out an idea for a thread header about this a while back. Possibly a new raison d'etre for the Tories: making Britain beautiful. Somewhere we can be proud to leave to our grandchildren. (View Post)

Duelling (banjos) (View Post)

The mark of a true northerner: one who believes that the north starts ten miles south of where he was born. (View Post)

I don't think you can. It's utterly lovely. I remember being similar charmed when I visited in November 1999, though finding it a little quiet in the evening. That's less of a drawback… (View Post)