Hence London, Liverpool, Manchester, and other cities, having a lot of Welsh and Irish people as far as back as the 17th and 18th centuries. (View Post)

Recently read Nan Shepherd's Living Mountain. What a book. (View Post)

I think Nigel and Malcolm need to go on a 3-day camping holiday together to the Brecon Brycheiniog. All expenses, sandwiches and drinks to be paid for by PB regulars, plus experienced negotiators and… (View Post)

This SNP business I find a bit surreal. Whatever her other failings, Nicola Sturgeon appeared to me as some sort of model of schoolmarmy responsibility, like the headmistress of a small but heroic sc… (View Post)

This is the sort of thing that would cause Al Murray's Pub Landlord to explode in rage. Why choose that fancy French muck when there's so much honest, straight-down-the-middle, no messing a… (View Post)