I have no interest in cars, but, for the most part, Top Gear was very entertaining. The cars were just an excuse for three blokes to cock about. (View Post)

F1: imagine being productive and forgetting about banging on about F1... Anyway, ep36 of Undercutters looks ahead to Azerbaijan, a circuit I rather like, and I ramble a little about the McLaren strat… (View Post)

It's the same as diluting the charge of racism. When it's used against people who have a mountain of historical facts on their side and who point out Cleopatra wasn't black, it becomes effectively me… (View Post)

To be fair, the Antonine Wall did serve a practical purpose. It wasn't just Temple #57 or Church LookAtMyMegalomania. But you're right, I did forget about it. (View Post)

Over time, I appreciate emperors like Antoninus Pius and Anastasius ever more. No flashy buildings, no military glory, but they governed very competently for decades. (View Post)