Ah, the smell of mown grass. The sound of children's laughter in the park. The rustle of the Daily Mail telling me that it is shocking that Strawberries are going to be unavailable this year due… (View Post)

Every single day my daughter asks if it is Strawberry Season yet. (View Post)

I think it is cognate with "hip" (heope) as in "hips and haws". But your mileage may vary, as it might also be a dialect for bridge. It's a weird compound anyway; because it … (View Post)

It isn't, no. But in a shrinking economy, you need active measures to prevent wealth concentration, and this Government is not exactly renowned for their redistributive behaviour. (View Post)

I grew up on the Nottinghamshire/Derbyshire border and all that country up through the villages and into the Dales feels like home, even though my family moved away nearly 40 years ago. (View Post)