And in one bold leap, Sweden vault over Kuwait, San Marino and the British rowing team in the medal table :smiley: (View Post)

I think that's very reasonable. Some events will hit purple patches, others will go through droughts, but at the end of the day Britain is less than 1% of the world and certainly can't be g… (View Post)

On choosing between Oxford and Cambridge: Returning to the UK after my time in India, I went up to Oxford for my natural sciences degree. During my time there, I did little work. I am not proud of th… (View Post)

One other Olympic factoid, prompted by discussion of the series of unfortunate events in the rowing: husband informs me that Great Britain holds the all-time record for fourth place finishes in Olymp… (View Post)

Fascinating. I wonder where he plans on finding all these Latin teachers? (View Post)