In terms of intellectual distinction of the last forty years, I would say possibly : Heseltine Brown Foot Grieve Willetts Cook (View Post)

There was an emergent idea for a West European defence force, but much as later, the UK effectively vetoed it. Once the the UK and France had made diplomatic representations to the Americans about al… (View Post)

Sticking to the nineteenth-century rulebook, Britain was extremely wary of pooling resources with Continental forces. It would have required both greater trust of the Continent, and greater willingne… (View Post)

Well, my Parisian experiences were only two and three years ago, and I doubt things have changed that much since then. I'd be genuinely interested to know to know where outside metropolitan Brit… (View Post)

I think these things are still relative. A couple of times I've eaten a burger in a rush at Parisian train stations, Expectations of zero, but results of far better than their British equivalent… (View Post)