The literary misquotation that annoys me is when people use "Up to a point, Lord Copper" to literally mean "Up to a point". The point of the phrase in Evelyn Waugh's Scoop is… (View Post)

There's a lot of doom and gloom around at the moment but the one thing that makes me hopeful for civilization is that Channel 5 are revving Play for Today. Whilst some of the original Plays coul… (View Post)

I've always thought that was ridiculous because the definition of an hotel under the Hotel Proprietors Act is "an establishment held out by the proprietor as offering food, drink and, if so… (View Post)

I don't think the Lib Dems will be worried as they don't operate in the same way as Labour and the Tories. It's way out from the next election and their polling numbers are holding up … (View Post)

Apologies I obviously had an irony failure! I agree with everything you said here. (View Post)