I don't think it is descending into farce at all. Indeed I think the only reason for getting that impression is that it is trying to examine one of the biggest and most tragic farces of the mode… (View Post)

Comletely OT but I would just like to point out that Amol Rajan is far and away the best presenter of University Challenge in the history of the programme. Better even than good old Bamber Gascoigne.… (View Post)

Sweden provided huge amounts of industrial and technical assistance to Germany during WW2. They were defintley neutral leaning towards the Axis rather than neutral leaning towards the Allies. (View Post)

Contrary to what you might think, getting drunk and throwing up on an archaeological site does not yet count as research. (View Post)

And yet I am continually talking to serious archaeologists working in Northern Syria and Turkey who completely disagree with you and think Hancock is a mendacious prick. You have visited and had drin… (View Post)