Given that half of Jesus's DNA came from a supernatural being who no-one has ever seen, he could have looked like anything. (View Post)

Why do most modern Jews not look Palestinian? That implies to me that there were conversions to Judaism among European-looking populations at some point. But that's only a hazy guess. (View Post)

Yes, it was at the point I realised that I elected to call it a night! Though I have always been supportive of old people enjoying themselves (like Gove) - so feel no particular shame in it. Someone … (View Post)

I'm less sceptical. There's an awful lot of Englamd which survives from 1000 years ago, and a not-negligible amount which survives from the Anglo-Saxon era. It's not that much of a str… (View Post)

Completely off thread, but completely out of character, I have spent the evening at a karaoke bar. It was tremendous fun. Not like a pub with karaoke - where, basically, the karaoke is there to irrit… (View Post)