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In another place, a forum with a huge number of members (many tens of thousands), focussed on the UK but with a considerable number from around the globe, colour has been quite interesting. Skin colour is rarely discussed at all, but there is a steady drip drip of photos - whether of the "this...

One of the reasons for increasingly hating our previous location was aircraft noise. FlightRadar24 confirmed most of it to be commercial airliners, some of which were pretty darned noisy. But the worst was the police helicopter hovering for what seemed like hours (though surely was far less...

I remember one crazily short flight I was on - something like Manchester to London in the morning. The mad attempt to serve a cooked breakfast before stowing the trolley for landing was impossible, despite it being pretty empty. Can't now remember why on earth I was on it!

Next time the microwave lamp blows, it will be time for a replacement microwave. :) We had it for something like 15 years before it blew. And, having replaced it, I have become acutely conscious of its energy usage. We are now punctilious about closing the oven door. :)

Rather agree about internal flights. However, even now we have trains managing London to Manchester in only a few minutes over two hours. Even being quite optimistic, getting checked in, boarded, flight, through the terminal at the far end can easily take that long. Quite often, getting to/from...

Used to be in the general area that HS2 is going through in the Chilterns. It always seemed spectacularly bad PR that everyone in the area was going to have to travel many miles to get onto an HS2 train. Either into London or up to Birmingham. They would probably have worse services northwards...

The real reason is likely so that any supply difficulties can be blamed on patients, clinicians and pretty much anyone else for their part in hoarding.

If you can't plan the army to help with the mess of brexit, just how can these plans help Romania?

Of course, each and every one of us is in the position of exploiting opportunities round the world, every day. It is our fault for overlooking these other growing markets. The only way it is OUR fault is that we, almost unbelievably, voted both for brexit (within the flawed basis of the...

Q: How do you cause a panic in which people stockpile medicines before brexit? A: You make an announcement rather like this: Don't hoard medicines for Brexit, health secretary says Matt Hancock writes to doctors and pharmacies amid fears patients might stock up in panic

And a rare bit of good news about Boris and Hunt. Looks like they have done little enough on this case for some positive news Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe freed temporarily from Iran jail British-Iranian reunited with four-year-old daughter after being released on furlough Let's hope they...

And on the other side of the Atlantic: Donald Trump has suggested that cooperating with the government in a criminal case in exchange for a reduced sentence “almost ought to be illegal” while warning that impeaching him would cause an economic crash. That doesn't half come across as being...

Surely we want the traffic to flow as freely as possible. Can’t see that mob even managing to find where they have to be.

I liked her next comment: Heather Stewart‏Verified account @GuardianHeather 3h3 hours ago Dominic Raab at the foreign office, reassuring us all about the risks of no deal. “You will still be able to enjoy a BLT after Brexit, and there are no plans to deploy the army to ensure food...

Mud clear, methinks.

Britons in EU could lose access to UK bank accounts under no-deal Brexit Warning comes in government ‘technical notices’ telling businesses and public how to prepare in event of no-deal Brexit...

And aren't they expensive? Well, the one on our microwave went. Initially thought we'd just use it without but that was very unsatisfactory. So searched to get a suitable replacement and the price was far more than I expected - and I could easily have paid twice that. We have four - as you plus...

Europe to ban halogen lightbulbs After nearly 60 years of lighting homes halogens will be replaced with more energy efficient LEDs Arthur Neslen Switching to LEDs has been estimated to save consumers up to £112 a year. Photograph: imageBroker/Rex/Shutterstock After nearly 60...

You might be right. But what he actually did was a bit more of a Duck Duck Goooooooo!

He could always get Welsh Mozzarella. http://www.glanbiacheese.co.uk/our-milk/milk-news/wales-best-farmer :)