The Open University and the 1970s and 80s BBC had a lot in common, which isn't a coincidence due to various appointments Wilson and Callaghan made in it. There was also the Reithian drive of the… (View Post)

This was a huge part of the charm of 80's OU. Beardedly earnest academics with flares who already seemed to belong to a slightly different world ; as I remember the spoof series Look Around You … (View Post)

This was also the theme of Carry on Loving from around the same time, one of the more under- rated Carry Ons.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFOB4ad_Hb4&t=19s (View Post)

If we return to being members of the EU, Johnson will gradually go back to only being in box 4, but I agree unless we do he's probably in box 1, too. (View Post)

Just to add on this, the points it makes about the Euro proving its worth for smaller and medium-sized economies during the Ukrainian crisis are interesting. I don't think it would particularly … (View Post)