I continue to be amazed at the absurd cheapness of beautiful old things A very charming Spode plate, from 1810 - 1810! - a couple of nibbles but then it is more than two centuries old Price? £9.73… (View Post)

I dunno. I am slightly tempted by this more culturally robust Tory party. If they really mean it and they really put it in their manifestos, maybe they could win over people like me - I am highly Ref… (View Post)

Because they are monstrous symbols and tools of very conservative Islam, and its repression of women How would you feel if you saw a black man in chains in the street? "It's OK as long as h… (View Post)

On the burqa ban, there hasn't been much polling in recent years, but through the 2010s it evoked strong and consistent support, with around 60% wanting a ban, and around 25% opposing The latest… (View Post)

We do, and of course populations in some countries are now dropping. So there's lot of old "stuff" to go round I heartily approve. My flat is exquisitely adorned with wildly underprice… (View Post)