Wait what? You mean I can finally throw away my text books as junk? Hurrah! Who gets to tell the Met Office? (View Post)

Y Fali, I believe. The source of the name isn't clear and may be a corruption of Welsh or even Gaelic. Unlikely to actually mean Valley, because it isn't one. (View Post)

Roy Clarke is a resident of the Flatlands (not Holmfirth!). Mrs Flatlander has met him a few times. I have no doubt that a lot of the characters were based on people in his village and I always wonde… (View Post)

I wouldn't touch such an app with a bargepole, although I am a bit on the paranoid side and only buy things from a desktop normally. Expect lots of spam to go with it, as that's presumably where the … (View Post)

If we assume Reform is likely to win elections, what should sane right wingers do? Leave them to recruit from the fringes and point at the disaster, or infiltrate the party with vaguely competent pro… (View Post)