I agree. I also think architects wanted to be seen as being cleverer than everyone else in their profession, particularly their predecessors, and to think of themselves as a creative profession. So t… (View Post)

France may have escaped Hitler's bombers, but it was pummelled pretty severely by British and American raids. In fact, about the same number of Frogs died as were killed on this side of the Chan… (View Post)

I think that's spot on. Also there's not much evidence across countries that those with strict restrictions have done better than those without. So if restrictions are hugely expensive and … (View Post)

No, the Italians, Mexicans, Turks and Thais all rank far above the French. (View Post)

Besides offering them all the resources we can, I think we should offer the Ukrainian nation the George Cross for its magnificent resistance, as we did the Maltese during the Second World War. And Ze… (View Post)