Now I have no preference but if they can absolutely guarantee that any vibration isn’t going to affect Stonehenge (and that’s a huge if). What’s the problem? If they also moved the Stonehenge carpark underground […]

Say what you like about the Queen Elizabeth Centre but the opening animation on their website is fabulous! Actually I quite like that look but I can see why others might not…I wouldn’t want all London to be like […]

I try to avoid going into churches. They give me the creeps and I just feel uncomfortable. I’m certainly not going to pay to get into one!

Well I didn’t say that… well perhaps I did about Westminster Abbey but I think that looks horrible. I saying don’t reconstruct them if they get badly damaged…. and asking if there are any buildings we in the […]

I wouldn’t like to see the houses out parliament destroyed but I’d also not want it restored if a modern day guy fawkes came along.

I walked round the outside of York Minster last year and was only impressed by the stone masons repairing it. It seemed a shame that once installed, you’d have to be a bird to fully appreciate it! The building […]

It’s interesting to see all these views expressed about Notre Dame. I’m not an admirer of that sort of architecture so had no interest in it and hadn’t realised it meant so much to not only the French nation but a […]

I’ve had my Iceworks M02B for about a year now and (due to the nature of this sort of thing) I’ve only used it a few times but it’s not let me down yet. I had it charging up my tablet yesterday cos I’d let it […]

I think many such rivalries are media led. I’m sure I’ve read that both Blur & Oasis just wanted a number 1 and didn’t much care who was at number 2 at the time.

The Delines are a fine live band, they’re even less slick now than they were when the first album was released but rambling suits them. Enjoy.

I’d thought of doing that too but the completest in me meant that it would be pointless if I didn’t do it ‘properly’ so, faced with the likelihood of having to sit through an entire Led Zep album among others, I […]

Although remainers have voted for the status quo, I’m sure many of them would rather things changed but only if it’s going to result in an improvement. If leaving is really going to make most of our lives better […]

I wonder if there’s an element of soundtrack money. Pretty much any cult act to the cult acts would also be in the middle of the radar for many film directors.
Admittedly not as well known as Scott Walker or even […]

I didn’t know that, I rather like the BNQT album, I wonder if I would have thought differently if I’d been aware if it’s provenance because I’m not a Midlake fan at all!

Another vote with the same question? But how can that be?! Nobody changes their mind even in the light of new information….or do they? Surely they wouldn’t promote a policy of one rule for them and another for […]

. I know its a bit late now bit perhaps if the people in charge hadn’t been so hubristic about the implications, they could have asked more questions. After all, I don’t think in the last three years any amazing […]

…and there’s the problem. If there’s a general election, can we really expect people to vote depending on how they want the country run generally and at the same time make their feelings about EU membership […]

I think the main thing that this debacle has highlighted is that it’s possible to have an important issue to make a decision on that isn’t actually a party political decision.
I know PR was rejected some time […]

I always thought it was taught because when you write with a fountain pen, you get less blotches on the page if you leave the pen on the paper more. My joined up writing is dreadful and there’s not a lot of point […]

I learned ‘joined up writing’ back in the early 60’s and that’s what it was called. I don’t think I actually heard the term cursive until I was in my 20’s – it’s not the sort of thing you talk or read about once […]