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Not sure if it's a conspiracy theory but the legends of the Holy Grail being still hidden in Lewes and protected by a handful of people "in the know" are entertaining. The evidence is apparently: a Knights Templar church from the time of the Crusades being associated with the Grail being brought...

A trigger warning on this one. It's coming up to the anniversary of a guy I knew pretty well through work ending his own life, sadly something many young men will do, and something I've experienced directly or seen the impact of it on those close to me half a dozen times now. As is too often...

I'm going to add China Eastern Airlines to the list as this morning I've tried to get through to them, so far, 121 times, after 56 times yesterday but the line is constantly engaged and I suspect just been taken off the hook. It's like trying to buy concert tickets circa 1987 all over again...

For me everything pales behind Liverpool's "this means more". Everything about the arrogant, narrow-viewed blindness of such a ridiculous self-important and obviously false statement makes me rage-vomit every time I hear it. I can't even comprehend the level of entitlement it'd take to...

I'm going and if that doesn't get me an upgrade from being a Silver Seagull to a Gold Seagull in next season's review then I'm going to go and support Man City instead.

Yep. According the Guardian "Under law, PCSOs do not have powers of arrest, but are allowed to detain a person whom they believe has committed an offence but fails to provide a name and address, for up to 30 minutes until the arrival of a police officer. They may also use “reasonable force to...

Just as an aside really, I read a few years ago about how world leaders avoid their DNA being taken and potentially used by foreign powers to identify health issues and vulnerabilities etc. The incredible lengths some will go to to ensure either they only use their own things when visiting other...

I heard something recently where it was suggested that being "woke" simply means being able to hold a nuanced position. It was suggested that one of the most defining features of those who are "anti-woke" is their lack of this...some of these threads seem to validate that argument. .

Unfortunately, many of the people of France (not just the rioters) don't share your confidence illegal police activities will be dealt with. They have one of the worst records in the entirety of Europe for brutality without judicial review or oversight which is quite something given the...

Good point. How about we all work to prevent it happening in the UK by giving young and marginalised people the same opportunities to succeed in life that their parents had? Free education at university / free vocational education (doctors, nurses etc) would be a good thing to bring back first...

I can't see anything I'm saying that implies it's justified? There's a link between the killing of a teenager and looting though.

Well...as you asked. Unsurprisingly after the London riots there was some good analysis of this and why JD Sports and FootLocker were targeted for example, but higher end shops weren't, and how an event - like the killing in this case - becomes a trigger for a wider anger at societal injustice...

If by "usual suspects" you mean Islamaphobes, the right wing and racists looking at causing mayhem, then yes, it's them. It's the French police in this case, as it often is in France. For years they've been brutal to any kind of minority / non-white group and any passing review of the news in...

My wife's uncle goes to Poland and pays a fraction of UK prices for great treatment, and some of my colleagues are doing similar. Latest I heard was someone going to Bulgaria where there's a dental school so good some UK dentists apparently choose to train there because it's so much cheaper but...

Heard a thing on the radio the other day saying that Howard Webb is looking to follow the example of refereeing in Germany where referees come out after the game and explain how they came to the decisions they did if something is contentious and if an error was made they admit it. This would be...

I quite enjoy the Kane ones simply because I can't stand him and year after year the idea of him winless and no-one willing to pay enough money to enable him to leave Spurs gives me some (admittedly cruel) amusement. His pre-season flounce at Spurs is also another reason why the longer he is...

I never pay full price for a train fare but use split ticketing via traintickets.com instead. Just been asked to go to New Malden tomorrow - £59.00 via Southern / buying at the station. I can get it down to £44.87 via traintickets.com and collect the tickets from the machine at the station same...