Yes, the fear may be worse than is justified by the figures, but I would like to point out that only 12.6% of the US population are Black (2010 census) so if you're African-American you're almost twi… (View Post)

I've been to Mansfield. I was getting a lift down south with a college friend and he had to stop off there to see some other college friends of his from there (who'd left before I started). Maybe the… (View Post)

My O-Level Art submission (rated D) was retained by the exam board as an example for examiners of a piece to be failed. I still feel mildly proud of that. (View Post)

News from the colonies: all New Yorkers 30+ are eligible for the vaccine from tomorrow, and all adults (16+) from next Tuesday. (View Post)

I read a science fiction novel once which had as a sub-plot that the Roman Empire never fell, it simply went underground and continued as a centuries-long conspiracy maintained by the "Latin-spe… (View Post)