Our Chemistry A-level class was taken to the National Gallery precisely because chemical analysis of pigments and paints can tell you so much about a painting, particularly when time and chemistry ha… (View Post)

It could take a long while to identify the original sin of British politics, the canker at the heart which is rotting it from the inside, but I suspect it's a bit like that thing about when the … (View Post)

I talked to a Man United fan at the hot-desking hub recently who was born three years after, "Football, bloody hell." So I realise now that I sound like those oul fellas talking about where… (View Post)

A couple of explanations suggest themselves - tribal loyalty, and that most of the Labour members unhappy with Starmer have left the party. It's interesting that party membership has increasingl… (View Post)

KCIII will visit Ireland on a state visit next year after accepting an invitation from President Catherine Connolly when the two met in Buckingham Palace today. (View Post)