Apparently it's originally a Northern European thing, if a bear or badger emerges from its burrow on Candlemas and sees its shadow, you will get 6 more weeks of winter. Which is not that unlikely as … (View Post)

Aboukir. (View Post)

I disagree, Parliament shouldn't be able to set its own rules on prorogation, it is quite rightly a prorogative matter for the Crown. Once it was decided that it was justiciable - ie that the Crown c… (View Post)

I met some friends in Northampton last year. (They were on an extended canal boat trip and it was the weekend most convenient for me to join them). Catching a train home on Sunday afternoon it struck… (View Post)

I plan to do some bits and pieces, event stewarding is one idea. A friend does it, and he gets to go to race meetings and cricket matches and get paid for it. A part time job is less than ideal as yo… (View Post)