Do you like watching it? Dr Johnson said, "Sir, a woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hind legs. It is not done well; but you are surprised to find it done at all!" Could this apply to...
A law so formulated by the excellent Simon Hoggart, which states that, 'if the converse of an announcement is inane, the announcement is superfluous', an example he gives is; "See if you can break...
A letter in this morning's Daily Telegraph; does Mr. Shadwell have a point? SIR – Tory MPs have chosen electoral suicide, having once again not listened to their constituents. Rishi Sunak is a...
If you are at all interested in these matters, I can highly recommend the 20 minute video; an interview with the very perceptive Stephen Kotkin, & no, I won't give a summary, other than to say that...
Pleased with my new laptop, but having trouble as in OP. I go to 'add account', enter email address, all OK, I get sent a confirmation number to my mobile phone, enter it & it is accepted, but then...
I have pointed this excellent site before, but for anyone interested in keeping up to what is happening in Putin's war this is a good place to go, https://meduza.io/en I fear there is a danger that on...
Reports on this ongoing trial are not easy to find, the French system of reporting are quite different from the UK & other countries. This excellent article from the LRB is very good, is eye-opening &...
22 year old Englishman, Tom Pidcock wins the most prestigious stage of the tour de France on Bastille day.
But Eurosport was blacked out 5 km from the finish, looks like sabotage....
Does anyone understand them please? Google Maps gives the coordinates of a hotel as, 50. 96212, 1.83490 But when I enter them into my satnav it changes them to N 50° 26.962' E 001° 50.834' Why does it...
I got my laptop yesterday see: https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Technology/Computers/Question1801735.html It's rather good & I've got it up & running, though lots more to do. I'm a bit puzzled by the...
My wife doesn't use a mobile phone normally, but when we come over to England I would like to activate an old one of mine so that we can contact each other when we are apart. It's only for a couple of...
If I remember correctly, at the time Boris was editor of The Spectator, he initiated a fun limerick competition, entered it, & awarded himself first prize ! :0)...