The views of hundreds of millions of Muslims, today, are very very far from Woke. Yet, curiously, they go unscrutinized. (View Post)

Fair enough. My point is that people are very used to drinking when they like now, since the laws were liberalised. If chucking out time is 10 that means last orders will be 9.30. It's going to be di… (View Post)

No, Britain keeping open the airports, with nice direct flights from Wuhan, until about June, was even stupider. (View Post)

There used to be just such an anomaly in Holborn, near the City. Ely Place. The Mitre tavern (a brilliant old pub) was technically an enclave of Cambridgeshire (because it was owned by the Bishop of … (View Post)

If they end up closing the pubs as well... Glasgow on an cold, wet, dank, early January evening can already feel like the capital of Hell, as the darkness closes in at 3pm. The only way to stay sane … (View Post)