Er no. The Queen was consecrated as Monarch. As were her ancestors going back before the Conquest. The ceremony recalls the anointment of Solomon. It has nothing whatsoever to do with being appointed… (View Post)

There has been very little research into how well we can make excess Vit D in the summer and store it in adipose tissue. Which for us Northern Europeans has to be the mechanism. Otherwise our ancesto… (View Post)

If you live on your own, you have advantages. More likely to be able to set up a dedicated space, no problem with confidentiality, no interruptions. During lockdown, work kept me occupied 8 hours a d… (View Post)

Surely it's horses for courses. I live on my own partly by choice (I have never been lucky enough to find a life partner, and appear to have neither the social skills nor motivation to form relations… (View Post)

There were also 60/- and 90/-. I think they translated into beer names as Heavy, Scotch, and Export. 90s were wee heavies but normally had their own names. I used to drink McEwan's 80/- in my student… (View Post)