It would these days when literacy is universal. But remember in early Western Europe, literacy was a Roman thing, perpetuated by the Church. The withdrawal of Roman control over the British provinces… (View Post)

Good luck to OLB. Like him, my COVID started as a bit of a sore throat. Unlike him, all I did during the period I probably caught it was go to work (in a pretty covid-safe environment), a bit of shop… (View Post)

That is not true for a lot of people. I would certainly not have driven to work on Piccadilly from Hampshire even if parking was available. The amount of traffic would put me off, for a start. And if… (View Post)

Instead, they will just hang them from trees (View Post)

Why not? The more the merrier, surely. It's almost as if the saintly EU wants to restrict competition. (View Post)