Probably not unrelated, is the fact that unless you go to a really good tailor, it's quite difficult to find decent menswear. When I was younger, places like M & S, Dunn's, BHS, all had decent su… (View Post)

I was completely bewildered by the Conservatives' behaviour. From calling an election that wrongfooted them, more than their opponents, to successive pratfalls, in the campaign, to insiders betting o… (View Post)

No doubt they’ll be spared deportation because of their right to a family life. (View Post)

Sadly, this is all self-inflicted. The Johnson/Truss administrations simply destroyed the trust and confidence of their supporters. (View Post)

Most Northern towns and cities, however grim, have a district where the newly-minted millionaires of the 19th century built their mansions. That’s Dore & Totley, on the edge of the Peak District.… (View Post)