Today I have fulfilled a long-held wish and seen a murmuration of starlings. I hadn't even gone looking for one. We spent the last day of (my) Christmas break in Blackpool; first the zoo, then t… (View Post)

Yes, I sympathise with kids of today, for whom underage drinking appears to have been made prohibitively difficult. And I agree there seems a lot less casual violence nowadays. This may just be a pro… (View Post)

I remember visiting the communism museum in Prague, and being quite taken aback by their unequivocal attitude to communism (i.e. that it was bad). Made me wonder why we're so reluctant to be sim… (View Post)

But really, this is just how real life works. The world requires us quite often to interact with people with whom we disagreeon certain matters. As a culture, we used to be quite good at not dwelling… (View Post)

Well you make a fair point. I think the point is lockdown wasn't binary - we had 20-odd months of it to a greater or lesser extent. I will retreat to my point being we should have had less of it… (View Post)