Same problem for him: being the inventor of the oven chip put him beyond the pale for many Americans, who call them fries. (View Post)

I’d imagine both Hilary and Kamala would probably be fascinating company over a drink. I appreciate I’m not the US presidential target audience, but I think Democrats are often guilty of drinking too… (View Post)

Eisenhower? (View Post)

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Got my choir’s Christmas carol concerts coming up this Sunday at St Paul’s Covent Garden. A cheesy one in the afternoon for the Buble-bashers (not fun) th… (View Post)

“Globalisation, the invention of social media and pre-WW3 European politics 2010-2035”. Someone’s history PhD thesis in 2080, except nobody will be doing PhDs by then because of AI or because we’re a… (View Post)