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That’s a really interesting observation and one I can certainly relate to but I’ve never thought about it before until I read your post. Thinking back, at the point at which I stopped, I was drinking a lot by any reasonable measure but still felt sober. Blimey. Good luck. If you find it tough...

Good stuff! I’m nearly 3 years alcohol free now and wouldn’t go back to my old casual / habitual drinking ways. Like you I feel great and by combining no booze with a decent diet and an uprated gym regime I’m back to the sort of physique I had in my mid twenties. I do find that the social side...

I think you may have misunderstood if you think I was referring to this evening’s concert as an example of how Britain does ceremony and pageantry. I was referring to traditions like Trooping the Colour or events like the flypast for example. Of course, I don’t have examples from every other...

To be fair, Boris wasn’t wrong when he said the jubilee would provide the opportunity for the nation to unite

I don’t really understand this view point. It’s not compulsory to engage with the jubilee stuff; just celebrate what you want or just celebrate nothing at all and make the most of the good weather and bank holidays in the way that suits you. I live by myself at the moment and would have loved...

Prince Charles was probably thinking the very same thing when he had to be ‘substitute Sovereign’ at St Paul’s today.

Regardless of what you may think about the monarchy, no other country pulls off pageantry and ceremony quite like Britain. Many try to imitate but none come close. Always makes me unashamedly proud.

Brexit thread is elsewhere on NSC. Feel free to rehash it all on there. Cheers :cheers:

If Nadine Dorries is so convinced the crowd were actually cheering :facepalm: perhaps she should invite the Prime Minister for a walkabout in her constituency this weekend and see how that goes for them

Fatima That is a super telescope your son has Dave. What has he been looking at? Dave Uranus Fatima How amazing! Dave …and sometimes your fanny

Don’t bother wearing many clothes. It’ll save time when midnight strikes.

It’s not uncommon. I don’t have any pictures of me playing for Brighton and Hove Albion on my Instagram either.

Fortunately, I believe Thunder Bolt served in the Royal Navy rather than in the artillery as an anti-aircraft gunner :moo:

I have to say that is the WORST picture of a Red Arrows fly-past I have ever seen. Brilliant! :lolol: But I hope you had a fantastic, unforgettable day.

I can't image the Archbishop of Canterbury would have passed comment on the disgraced son of the Head of The Church of England and the Monarch without the tacit agreement / approval of the Palace. I'm sure this was Welby 'testing the waters' of public opinion on behalf of the Royal Family.

How very unfair. He read History at Trinity, having smashed the entry requirements with a B and a C in his A levels… :rolleyes:

Yup - but the thing that makes Monarchy work as an institution is it’s all an illusion and shrouded in mystery. Just don’t look behind the curtain.

:lolol: Lovely stuff I can just imagine exactly the same comment from officials at the G20, ticking off who’d sent RSVPs for summit meetings

I don’t necessarily disagree with you but after 1000+ years of Monarchy it feels like a big burden / responsibility for one generation to seize a moment in time to abolish it. Having said that, with the benefit of seeing what’s in store for them after Queen Elizabeth II, future generations would...

“TUI: we cross the t’s, dot the i’s and put ‘**** u’ in the middle.”