I think that Linehan is a nasty piece of work who's comments shade into abuse and ridicule in a way that even incredibly passionate partisans like JK Rowling never do. What angered me about his tweet… (View Post)

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 that… (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 could be … (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 requ… (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 well. Third par… (View Post)