I am aware of the procedure should you spy a magpie. I am au fait with the etiquette should there be two in sight. But there are currently ELEVEN magpies in my garden, (which, incidentally, is about...
Does anyone have any ideas for an itinerary for a short visit to London? I will have in tow an American friend (who has been to London before and has therefore 'done' the bus tours, the tower, the...
Does anyone remember a book or tape of this story? He was just too tall and kept getting tangled in washing lines etc. Very much like the ugly duckling, except heavily giraffe-based. I'm trying to...
Three questions in one really... can anyone recommend good resources (of any sort) which can be used to look up references biblical, classical and/or Shakespearean? Also a more general Jacobean...
There was a series of documentaries aired on bbc4 over the summer directed by several different... directors, about the history of the blues. It was great and each week I tried to record it on my...
Would it be possible to set up temporary sections for fads (I'm obviously thinking specifically of Harry Potter) which will eventually go away but currenly jam up the whole site? I don't come on here...
What is your favourite toast? Mine is currently 'hey ho for revelry and loud indecent cheer'. Please don't bother with bread based humour. I have sat here and considered it for a while and am...
I'm planning to go out to Afica for the next couple of years. Nigeria particularly appeals, but obviously it's not the safest place in the world. Does anyone have any recent experience of the...
I'm trying to remember the name of a brilliant film. It's in Italian with subtitles, and is about an Italian Jew and his son, before and during the war. It's a mixture of comedy and tragedy and it's...
How come so many of my answers never appear or possibly are swiftly removed? I'm not aware of being particularly obnoxious and I don't swear even with imaginative speeling. Possibly my sense of humour...
Terry Pratchett is the Status Quo of the Literary World, in that he has written the same book over and over and over again (possibly with the addition of one 'punne or play on words' each time), and...
What is the name of the Magus in 'The Magus'? I've packed up all my books as I'm moving and it's driving me wild. For some reason I associate him with a shell, but that's not gotten me too far...
Does anyone know the title of any of Lawrence's collections of essays? I've got bits and pieces (which are really good... much better than his boring novels) like 'Surgery for a novel - or a bomb' (or...
There's a song... I think it's off a cereal advert but I can't remember...Only joking. Everybody calm? Sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin. I have an electric guitar which I never play, but which...
Can anyone give me a good reason not to start a sentence with the word 'But' or 'And'? And also, apart from archaic Latin rules which have little to do with the English language, why should I not be...