I went to a swanky hotel in downtown Boston. As I waited for some friends to join me in the large spacious lobby area, a group of chess players entered the area and started having a heated discussion...
I am a committed republican but I can't help liking this lad ! ....look at the joy he brought to everybody at the Mildmay, and what a marvelous testament his visit was to his late Mum. Lead on Harry !...
Just a little something to cheer people up a bit around here (if anyone needs it). I'm a fan of Ondřej Havelka's retro jazz music and this video, from his days with the Original Prague Syncopated...
Michael Foale was born in Britain to a British father and American mother and subsequently raised and educated here, including graduating from Cambridge. He has dual British/American nationality and...
Well, I just learned how to use YouTube. However, it took a good 10 minutes to upload this 35 second video; is this normal? https://youtu.be/V-z15gzQlKE...
We gat a fair amount of name-calling on AB, but here's one I found on Facebook which IMO takes the biscuit. No prizes for who it refers to. [i] Wealthy, white, gloating, misogynistic, racist, self...
I know it's been discussed previously but the prospect of this man escaping any kind of justice seriously winds me up. He repeatedly lied to his employers about his health issues, he should never have...
No question- just a comment. https://uk.news.yahoo.com/teen-worked-corner-shop-10-170210102.html#k1mBZMP This story seems a bit odd to me- I'm surprised someone could work for over 2 months in a shop...
I grudge paying postage on a calendar to new zealand when the postage cost more than the calendar,i dont recycle as i was told it was a waste of time as it all goes in one,i do not want to send xmas...
from Country's around the World to help the unfortunate people flooded out up North?
Well we British always give in time of a crisis, so its their turn now....
David Beckham has admitted that he prefers watching live Rugby because the nastiness of some football crowds. I agree. I enjoy both games but the difference in atmosphere at Rugby is very marked. The...
Complicated, but we are singing 'The Boar's Head Carol' on Sunday ( a rousing, quaffing ditty) and wanted to lift a boar's head on a platter at the end. No prob. in France. The squeamish amongst us...