I'd certainly stick with him, CR, if only because if the Tories change the nurse (again) for sure we'll finish up with something worse. Your assessment of S is similar to mine. He won'… (View Post)

My Dad was watching some 'temporary' pre-fabs being put up in 1946. He made some disparaging remark to the foreman who replied that they were high specifation homes to an American design an… (View Post)

Selebian, I grew up in such a tin-shed in Hackney Wick. It was warm, dry, comfortable and had a fridge and a bath, luxuries that were indeed rare in the neighbourhood at that time. It also had a larg… (View Post)

Ah, bit like Ireland then, until....erm, fairly recently. (View Post)

Yes, I've found much the same. By the way, the Eurocentric view of World History is remedied by reading Peter Frankopan's 'The Silk Road' which makes you appreciate how recent and… (View Post)