Overall crime levels are substantially down over the decades: This is an international phenomenon so not particularly related to UK policies. Obviously there are temporal trends, and street thefts of… (View Post)

I did have a patient named Vengance who had a twin called Retribution. They were born during an air raid. (View Post)

I have a friend with 2 daughters Felicity and Constance (known as Fliss and Coco), and such names are quite a marker of poshness, though also quite popular with African Christians. I work with a Merc… (View Post)

Gordon Brown was of course James Brown. I think his carer as a soul musician must have been quite a distraction from running the country, perhaps explaining some of the mess we are in now. MPs should… (View Post)

No, different variations on names are listed separately. Elizabeth is the 62nd most common girls name: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/livebirths/datasets… (View Post)