C'mon, nothing like several years at Fettes to confirm one's Scottishness. That notwithstanding, he seemed to have a vast lack of comprehension of Scotland. Turns out George Robertson wasn&… (View Post)

I would have tended to think it was of US origin in a hard boiled cop show sort of way. On checking I find it was slang for a condom (1939), and earlier part of a sugar refining process. (View Post)

It made me want to embrace our new AI overlords (the main theme of Today, today). Philp made achieving sentient consciousness seem a pretty low bar. (View Post)

Totally off topic, Austin Butler’s recreation of Vegas Elvis is uncanny. (View Post)

I hope PBers are grateful to Starmer for the gift of manufactured outrage in this festive season, especially those that voted for him. Just think, some of them didn’t know old Alaa from Adam 24 hours… (View Post)