Good morning from the 07.13 to Manchester Piccadilly. At a guess I’d say roughly half of the passengers are heading to the Tory conference. Among them are many examples of a very particular type: the… (View Post)

I’m intrigued to see what morale is like at this year’s conference. I’m there tomorrow doing a panel and a round table. Last year in Birmingham was a surprisingly jolly affair, as if the weight of go… (View Post)

This discussion gives me an excuse to post my daily picture, from dinner last night at a place called Da Vinci in Earlsdon, a suburb of Coventry. It’s a restaurant deliberately preserved in aspic ove… (View Post)

Press for champagne (View Post)

I thought the approved PB term was otter’s pocket? (View Post)