I don’t recall being taught the history of maths when I learnt maths at A level. Is it a feature now, or of Uni courses? (View Post)

Funny thing about having a national steam reserve is that we do have one. All those preserved lines and their steam locos (plus numerous diesels) all over the country. No need to hide them in tunnels… (View Post)

Talk about an irresponsible headline- https://news.sky.com/story/hurricanes-humberto-and-imelda-to-bring-heavy-rain-and-strong-winds-to-uk-13441437 A glance at the headline suggests the UKmis about t… (View Post)

The Reform problem to me seems to be this. People who don’t like Farage/Reform believe that the party AND its supporters are racist. Lots of Reform members and supporters probably are racists. But th… (View Post)

As it should both as a superbly evocative book, with hints of the Fortean (Pan), and a story of Old England. (View Post)