I think we’re talking at cross purposes here. My point is really that ‘Anglo-Saxon’ is a useless term applied in a modern context. I agree that it’s reasonably sensible to use it it in the context of… (View Post)

Once you truly realise that most journalism is an exercise in getting people to look at advertising space, the scales fall. In fairness, there are some organs and writers that balance the need for in… (View Post)

Given that the Tories are unlikely to wish to (re)open the Pandora’s box that is their donor community, I would guess they’ll be keeping the cash. In any case, I don’t see Labour doing anything like,… (View Post)

That’s it - it’s niche tech that is very useful in limited ways. I first remember trying out a VR headset in the nineties; there was a place in Nottingham that offered a twenty minute go on a (fairly… (View Post)

They’re disparagingly called ‘charismatic megafauna’ in the zoology/conservation world. Nobody is making a cuddly toy of the endangered stinking bracket fungus. (View Post)