Just Graeme Garden left of the Goodies. So many of that generation of comedians now fading out. (View Post)

Local authorities still pay the pupil grant though. Also, of course, we have the enormous costs around SEND provision which they have to fund. The DfE were, for once, actually right to realise the la… (View Post)

Thing is, you pay stamp duty when you buy a house, and council tax ten times a year. So even though the figures may average out it doesn't feel that way. (View Post)

That’s not quite correct. If you live near a bank with a night safe, banking with cash is more or less free, which is considerably cheaper than using card payments. However, partly because banks don’… (View Post)

Siri, what would be an example of insanity? 'Insanity might include going out to pick blackberries and apples in the last week of July expecting them to be ripe.' *Checks breakfast* Feeeecc… (View Post)