1973, the economic crash and oil shock , worldwide. (View Post)

Well, I think they're all a bit of a virtuous circle. There's a lot of research I've read over the years over social contact and community increasing life expectancy, but obviously the… (View Post)

Although I would broadly describe myself as progressive, I have to say that my own view would be that not all resistance to change is irrational. Digital technology has brought immense benefits in co… (View Post)

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)