Words for music, perhaps
Monday, November 18, 2019
Come find us
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A leaflet arrives saying "Come find us to get your ...." I assume it's an Americanism. But to check, "Come and find...
Monday, December 12, 2016
On Leonard Cohen
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I was introduced to Leonard Cohen during a summer that, if it had been a David Mitchell novel or a Richard Curtis film, might have been term...
Tuesday, November 08, 2016
The wisdom of crowds
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In The Times yesterday, Matt Ridley argued that crowds are better at making decisions than experts or elites. It seems a fairly obvious th...
Sunday, July 31, 2016
A different world
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I'm unsettled by an episode of Gardeners' World. This in itself seems like a ridiculous sentence to write, as Gardeners' World ...
Thursday, January 21, 2016
Schools in Tadcaster
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A shared mistake, published recently in the Yorkshire Post and the Daily Mail . Published on 14 January in the Daily Mail , Robert Hardma...
Monday, November 02, 2015
A few reasons why I am not keen on Spectre (contains spoilers)
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M: We've got 20 minutes to save the world. Bond girl: James, could I have a quick word? Bond: Of course. Bond girl: Look, I love you,...
Friday, September 25, 2015
Precision tortoise
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The latest in our occasional series on odd measurements. Thursday's Metro featured an advertising wraparound, and the story of a tortoi...
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