It is really hard to imagine how we could have done it worse, to be honest. The famous Two Ronnies sketch of men working hard moving a hole from one end of the garden to the other looks like a model … (View Post)

I am sure I've told this story before* but during the battle of Monte Casino the Germans had been under siege for a while and were literally living on rats. They launched a counter attack and oc… (View Post)

Like you I struggle to have sympathy for the people of Afghanistan who supported these monsters and put them back in charge with minimal resistance, knowing full well what this would mean for their c… (View Post)

I had the same problem with Keats. My teacher had done a thesis on his Odes at University and was obsessed. Which was fine for the first week or two but by the second term I had had it. At the end sh… (View Post)

Yes but that was largely because the Tories were dead on their feet. His share of the vote was unimpressive and he promised next to nothing with his Ming vase strategy. It’s not clear he delivered ev… (View Post)