This is my photo for the day that I ran across this week. The horsemeat butcher that was in my local high street. I'd put the date at early 20C. (View Post)

That's interesting, thank-you - and it is only 40 years after Francis Kilvert. I'm not familiar with Bishop Hicks, who should have been known as Hicks from the Sticks but unfortunately prob… (View Post)

So "less than in the corresponding period last year" now means "more than ever". Righty-ho ! You could have included a quote with context; you chose not to do so. (View Post)

Hmmm. Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed public sector net borrowing – the difference between spending and income – was £11.7bn last month, £1.9bn less than in the same mont… (View Post)

Is this "denied access to their lawyers" true? (Serious question.) Their lawyers seem to have enough access to their clients to be able to represent them to the media, the public and the go… (View Post)