That was very silly, who lets a minor row about the dress code escalate to the point where the World #1 walks out of your tournament and starts slagging your off in public? You give him a fine afterw… (View Post)

Iran was another country that looked very different in the 1970s, compared to after the Revolution. (View Post)

RIP Jimmy Carter. One of the last of the good people, who went into US politics for the right reasons, and who also achieved an awful lot after leaving office rather then simply looking to make himse… (View Post)

Fingers crossed for a knighthood for Jason Beer in the New Year’s Honours list. (View Post)

Good luck with the book! Here’s a graph of commercial aviation fatalities, which has now basically trended to zero even as the number of flights has risen exponentially. If you want a model of an ind… (View Post)