Driffield is a pleasant enough market town. Mostly surrounded by agri-business. As it lies at the headwaters of the River Hull, the world's most northerly chalk stream, the effluent from parliam… (View Post)

If we banned things that are a waste of money there wouldn't be much of the economy left. (View Post)

The question is not whether these schemes are white elephants. The question is why, even if they are white elephants, we no longer seem to be able to build them having committed to do so. (View Post)

Got it in one. As an entomologist he [Charles Rothschild] wanted to save whole sites and not just individual species, so bought the fen as a nature reserve and built a bungalow there so he could stay… (View Post)

To add to the occasional posts of 'where is this?', may I submit the following: Yes, there is a link... (View Post)