Jolyon Maugham went one better and killed a squirrel in a fit of rage. But he's still a fanny. And so is Putin. (View Post)

I went on a great walk last summer which took me through the Moravian settlement at Ockbrook. And then tapas in the pub in the village. Was a glorious day. Also, interested that you're a ringer.… (View Post)

Not really. I'd rather own facebook than Russia. Facebook can't be arbitrarily seized on the whim of a mad despot intent on turning everything of value into rocks to throw at Ukraine, for o… (View Post)

Ha. Fair point. But presumably it's pronounced rather more sympathetically in Breton? In my limited experience Breton is a rather friendlier language to the Anglophone tongue than French. (View Post)

That's one reading. Another is that he was a massive partisan. And another is that he was a smug little prick. You can to some extent get away with lots of things if you're likeable. But he… (View Post)