...come to think of it, two of those failed and died in the attempt, one was a curmudgeonly misanthropist, one wrote books about devils, and two wrote books about dwarves and elves. If we include Pla… (View Post)

I don't think he's a bad man, it's just that he's in the wrong job. He has no God but the Law and he thinks the country isn't broken, just badly administered and if everybody… (View Post)

Rosalind Franklin CS Lewis JRR Tolkien Philip Larkin Terry Pratchett Robert Falcon Scott (Unfortunately can't include Sylvia Plath nor Ernest Shackleton) (View Post)

Or more prosaically, because fewer are going to the USA? (View Post)

Part 1:Acts It is doing things in line with its manifesto, in the sense they are advancing bills which, when they become acts and are implemented, will have a vaguely left-wing definition. As you say… (View Post)