I'm not sure anything looks nice on a dark wet British winter's day, to be honest. Hence me being extremely over January already, and yet somehow it continues for its ninth or tenth week. (View Post)

True and I should have known better having grown up in a sandstone Scottish house, although the stone was facing IIRC, with a layer of red brick behind it. Part of our garden wall was red brick too, … (View Post)

Reported in the Telegraph and quoted by Leon - two massive red flags in terms of the likely accuracy of this study. (View Post)

There is a lot to be said for living in a small town as long as it is reasonably prosperous. I grew up in one and it's nice being able to walk down the street and say hello to the many people th… (View Post)

Where is John Prescott when we need him? (View Post)