That's true, I remember a real sense of change around the 1999 era to do with the internet. The really strikingly quiet patch in the West was between about 1995 and 1999, I think. A lot was over… (View Post)

Leon likes drama, but isn't also the case that some periods are more eventful than others, though ? The late '90s seemed much quieter than now, for instance, at least in Western Europe and … (View Post)

I feel the same, although I've got deep suspicion of the most traditionally conservative public schools such as Eton. I think the charitable status policy is the worst kind of gesture politics, … (View Post)

Don't tell them in Pembrokeshire. There's a Welsh academic pointing out the very curious coincidence that in the Preseli Hills, there's a very old church of St Elvis. He apparently has… (View Post)

Well done to Rashford. Also a model citizen in terms of his foodbank and schools meals efforts , too. (View Post)