Yes, but his family were only 17th century nouveaux. Also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Jackson_(cricketer) Two tests for England in 1949 and 1961. (View Post)

Meanwhile Clive Lewis wants to cap energy prices to keep food prices down. How many years in opposition did Labour have to think things through ? (View Post)

What a pity: Derek Huffman, a 46-year-old Texan father who relocated his family to Russia to escape woke ideology, has been unexpectedly sent to the frontlines of the war against Ukraine, despite ass… (View Post)

No shortage of new housing in Barnsley. Or affordable housing generally in Barnsley. Housing affordability problems are based in London and the Waitrose belts. (View Post)

Its interesting that in P&P the two unpleasant people - Wickham and Collins - both had jobs, respectable middle class jobs as an army officer and clergyman, but still jobs. Mrs Bennett, the daugh… (View Post)