The media tends to indulge the far/dim right much more as well. (View Post)

The expenses scandal was an epochal, watershed moment in British politics. It validated and solidified most people’s vague cynicism about politicians, hitherto confined to individual cases. This was … (View Post)

I’ll get to a pond eventually, when the kids are a bit older. As a permaculturist would note, too many slugs is the same problem as not enough frogs. (View Post)

I’m looking out at the incredibly lush green grass (it needs a mow tbf) in my little back garden right now - as well as the raspberries and blackcurrants bursting into leaf and the hop bines running … (View Post)

Better weather is quite subjective. The climate is one of a number of reasons why I wouldn’t want to live in the UAE. (View Post)