I was thrown out of my English Higher class for knowing that Orwell was based in Burma. It seems that knowing the thing the teacher wanted to trip up pupils on was not the right thing to do. Teacher:… (View Post)

'Somewhat interesting name'? (View Post)

He'll just slowly take over, one golf course at a time. (View Post)

The poor elephant died either way. (View Post)

I do! And it's reminded me to recommend (tangentially) this early 80s drama : https://www.markpack.org.uk/100367/spyship-great-tv-drama-well-worth-another-watch/ "Spyship was a gripping BBC… (View Post)