I sometimes reflect on my student days, late 1970s, when friends were widely dispersed and not only did we not have mobile phones, obviously, but we also didn't have landlines, and wonder how on… (View Post)

27,000 people at the Oval watching a 5-day game of cricket, with many, many more watching it on TV or listening to it on the radio, rather suggests that 'British culture' is still pretty st… (View Post)

It is. Just the subheading alone is a useful antidote to some (one in particular) posters on here: The country has serious problems but the right’s vision of it has become hysterical. (View Post)

I agree with your mother. Today's equivalent of park keepers could well be shop cashiers and public transport ticket checkers, among others. The automation of self-service checkouts, and turnsti… (View Post)

Very happy with third. Don't think I've been in the top fifty before. (View Post)