Some of his ancestors lived in the village half a mile from me. A couple are buried in the local Churchyard. (View Post)

O/T In contrast to Leon's depiction of the USA as something out of Zombie Apocalypse, a friend is currently doing an art appreciation tour of Texas. She is raving about the wonderful museums and art … (View Post)

I'd like to challenge the idea that everyone going to University in the 60s and 70s got full student grant. The grants were means tested so if your parents were affluent you just got the minium grant… (View Post)

The journalist Dalton leaked it to was John Carvel - the grandfather of the Guardian journalist of the same name and great-grandfather of the actor Bertie Carvel. (View Post)

I'm watching the news. Ken Clarke in the House of Lords now seems to have a mobility aid. He is still mentally sharp and talking more sense than the intellectual pygmies in the Cabinet. (View Post)