That annual delight - quotations from school exams; this time from Caithness RE. "Lots wife was a pillar of salt during the day but a ball of fire during the night". And even better: "… (View Post)

Another relevant quotation from Samuel Pepys. "The taverns are full of gadabouts making merry this eve. And though I may press my face against the window like an urchin at a confectioner's,… (View Post)

Some go by another name entirely e.g. Paddy rather than John Jeremy Ashdown (View Post)

The Huddersfield Examiner has a lead story on Kirklees council's decision to review all its statues and monuments. It is illustrated with a photo of the statue of Harold Wilson outside the stati… (View Post)

Just read it - superb writing. Her book Iron Curtain is a great account of how the Soviet Union crushed Eastern Europe. (View Post)