I'm sure I've told this here before, but for any newbies... In the 80's, a friend had a pop-up shop in Covent Garden (one of the very first) selling some rather lovely arty stuff from … (View Post)

1,440 Russian troops and 66 artillery/MLRS not reporting for duty in Ukraine today. Not sure whether this is included, but Russian troops were gathering overnight ahead of a big early morning push - … (View Post)

I got bought a turntable last year by the Good Lady Wife for my birthday. I was reminded how much a faff vinyl is, how skips and crackles are INCREDIBLY intrusive after decades of perfect play from C… (View Post)

As I noted with some presciencemaybe a week ago, the way to solvethis crisis was for Iran to charge tariff to transit the Straits of Hormuz - and cut Trump personally into 20% of what is raised. &quo… (View Post)

FPT: As I noted with some prescience maybe a week ago, the way to solve this crisis was for Iran to charge tariffs to transit the Straits of Hormuz - and cut Trump personally into 20% of what is rais… (View Post)