A friend studying Art History at Oxford (PhD) commented that it was really the most expensive library card in history. Apart from the one-to-ones with Martin Kemp. (View Post)

a The biggest change, for my daughter's course, from when I went to university, is the collapse in individual engagement. The amount of face to face time for students and their teachers seems to… (View Post)

a It's about lighting a fire under the police. The politicians know that Mandy is hoping to timeout the outrage and it to turn into a decade long "enquiry" that announces that charges … (View Post)

Scaffolders are about 90% blokes who lug stuff around. There is a bit of skill (in some jobs), but it's largely metal Lego. There's a reason that other building trades make jokes about them… (View Post)

Well, I don't know what they advised. But creating such a settlement in the middle of a court case must have gone through the lawyers. On both sides. And the court. (View Post)