No player, male or female, has ever got to a grand slam final after having come through qualifying in the open era. Win or lose, it is an achievement for the ages on a world, let alone British, scale… (View Post)

Jennifer Capriati was actually 25 before she got to a grand slam final. Amazing talent when she burst onto the scene, but famously struggled with that. Martina Hingis was very young - and absolutely … (View Post)

Robert is giving you statistics, and you are coming back with anecdotes. Anyone can cherry pick the data - it would be easy enough to say that Thailand, for example, has very high religiosity, and ve… (View Post)

Just to clarify, am I right in saying the defence of Raab is now, "Yeah, the lazy, heartless f***er couldn't be arsed with any of it when he was on holiday, despite being told to by senior … (View Post)

On topic, what's the best "SACRIFICIAL LAMB RAAB" you've ever eaten? I had a lovely one at an unassuming little restaurant in Vauxhall back in 1998 - really authentic and full of … (View Post)