I was drinking in a bar in Riga the other day, with Russians (one was currently resident in Dublin). The bar owner was Ukrainian, from Odesa. "Don't mention the war" seemed to be the o… (View Post)

It was probably just a convenient position from which to make his escape to Stansted (View Post)

I was slightly underimpressed, it doesn't have the Moorish architecture of Granada or Cordoba (or even Malaga) but it does have the best craft beer in Andalusia. The unexpected highlight of my t… (View Post)

Yes, it's probably necessary to give notice to give people access to redundancy protections. (View Post)

The arrest was for behaviour likely to cause a breach of the peace. Someone was likely to twat him. (View Post)