No, licensed is the correct British English spelling for the verb. (View Post)

Well indeed. A relative of mine has worked his entire adult life as a tenant farmer, and his eldest daughter now works for the son of the same landowner. Needless to say, the family of the landowner … (View Post)

At the moment, the PB Tories seem unsure whether to be outraged that meat and booze were served, or that an apology was made for doing so. (View Post)

I have a small scar on my face from when I was bitten by an Alsatian at the age of three. In mitigation, though, it was the family dog, and I was apparently whacking it over the head with a stick at … (View Post)

Before that it was known as "being consdierate of others". (View Post)