It's nearly over now, but I've found 2025 pretty depressing - not for me personally, but for 'society' as a whole. It's been epitomised by far too much acrimony, division and… (View Post)

I can understand the Primrose Hill decision. It has a pretty small, narrow peak, that would only accommodate a couple of hundred people. But everybody would want to get to the top as that's wher… (View Post)

'Unkempt' would be more apt than 'Unleashed', looking at the cover. (View Post)

I don't often agree with you, but that's spot on. Shakespeare tells us more about the human condition, power and politics than any non-fiction I can think of. The entire canon of English li… (View Post)

Anyway, I have just returned from an early meal out of cote de boeuf, frites and wine, rather splendid. I'm girding my loins for tomorrow - last year, blissfully, we were alone; this year, we ha… (View Post)