One of my favourite Wellington quotes is: "To define it rudely but not ineptly, engineering is the art of doing for 10 shillings what any fool can do for a pound". He may have been a brute … (View Post)

We always have been, we are, and I hope that we always shall be detested in France. Duke of Wellington (View Post)

Well, apparently not. Have you not read the header? Sometimes fundamental principles need restated. (View Post)

1066 and all that was definitive. The Norman conquest was a good thing because it helped England become top dog. (View Post)

Ancient capital I think. And very useful if you play the game where a place has to start with the last letter of the previous answer and some smart Alec comes up with Essex. (View Post)