It is absolutely sublime. Edenic. Yesterday we were swimming in the vast, booming, black-and-emerald sea-caves of Thetis, the Nereid, mother of Achilles. In the lushly forested mountains (where they … (View Post)

Given that vegans constitute.... wait for it... a whopping 1.6% of UK society, I suggest that your local pub has made an unwise commercial decision, and will soon change its mind.… (View Post)

Absolutely. The Germans managed to have distanced exams in enormous halls. They made it work. To be fair to HMG, other European governments have equally fucked it up (unlike the Teutons),. and the te… (View Post)

It has to work. Society cannot function without schools. They are the bottom line. We can cope without nightclubs. We can cope without galleries, parades, museums, even, dammit, pubs and restaurants.… (View Post)

Ta. I'm still going even if they do put it on the Index Prohibitorum. I'll either wait out the crisis in the Greece, or when I get back, move to some country cottage for a bloody fortnight. Might be … (View Post)