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So I was amazed to see these today. At the Black Country Museum, well worth a trip for anyone interested in old times, industrial...

I live a few miles form there. Silly thing is, you can no longer buy stone from the quarry - the chap who owns it apparently comes down...

Not a particularly recent bit, I made this for my Mum's 80th and it's been with her ever since, but now she's coming home to stay with...

the problem is that the natural order of human civilisation is that the most ambitious, the most narcissistic, the most power hungry...

there is somebody a few doors up from me, who has changed from a man to a woman -at least in appearance. I see her walking up to the...

democracy can only exist with an informed electorate and a media that can hold people to account we have neither

Robin. Can I applaud you for your last three posts in this thread. Clear, insightful , cogent and kind. 👏

I struggle to understand why some of you seem to be obsessed by the gender issue. I'm just grateful that I was lucky enough to grow up...

Three “facts”: 1. The world’s climate has changed very significantly in the last 100 years. 2. That change has been caused by human...

Good Lord Phil. Next you'll be claiming that Trump won the 2020 US election, or that Putin invaded Ukraine to protect the people of the...

Some is but an awful lot is plastic parcel tape. Or paper reinforced with plastic or glass fibres in the case of Amazon.

Thank makes sense. Thank you. I still think it would be easier to use less plastic tape. Mind you I do have a "bee in my bonnet" about...

Here's a question that I've been pondering for a while. How do paper and card recycling facilities cope with plastic contamination...