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BrendanJ, please don't shatter my illusion that oldgroaner is a witty pastiche -- a meticulously observed archetype somewhere between Basil Fawlty and Alan Partridge -- I simply couldn't bear it. Volvo.

I found the intro to the feature more Radio 1 than Radio 4, and I'm coming to the conclusion that my idea of a fact may differ radically from the current interpretation. There are so many pressures on any news broadcasting medium, that to imagine anyone has an overarching fiscal interest in...

I really think we need to recognise rhetoric for what it is - a tool for persuasion. Words provide no sound basis for respect, belief or allegiance. They do however sway the easily led. The most dangerous politician is the one you agree with, and yet the word of a politician is the most...

Surely when someone's argument rests on the assertion that all the 'good guys' are on one side, and all the 'bad guys' are on the other side, it is a sign that little progress will be achieved through rational debate. The holder of such a view has every right to give voice to their opinions...

Wicky, I think you are making a serious point in a humorous way - which in my opinion is the best way. The more vulnerable you are on the road, the louder your warning device should be. (But use it only where necessary). Is that close? flecc, I agree entirely. Similarly amazed. But -- since...

Yesterday I was riding my motorcycle down a steep and rocky mule track, alongside a dry riverbed, dropping down to the Alpujarran town of Orgiva. The sun was intense, and a light wind was filling the air with clouds of dust. There were some bits of track which tempted me beyond endurance, but by...

My Yorkshire village has very little diversity in its population, and many of the locals seem not to have travelled beyond our shores, except possibly to go to war. Since the sixties, I've lived, worked and travelled in over a dozen countries, and been treated very well on the whole, and often...

I think the same way concerning Trump's supporters derf - he really seems to know what bait to use, and the infamous 'Climate of Fear' is always being ratcheted up -- he seems to offer a quick neat solution, and no doubt it looks like a chance for something new. In reality though, they are...

The UK used to rely on 'MAD' -- Mutually Assured Destruction. Someone fires a nuke at us, and we respond automatically, thus discouraging any attempt. We lost an unnoticed nuclear war when we allowed the USA to establish military nuclear armed bases here. Now we no longer have the opportunity...

Greetings anotherkiwi (and there can't be too many) - I'm sure you are thoroughly aware that Navarra is singularly lacking in flatness. Your input will be valued, as Yorkshire and Andalusia are similarly afflicted, albeit the former on a smaller scale. Big enough for me. There are prolly several...

To me the whole issue is rendered hollow by the fact that the media and the politicians talk about 'winning' the referendum. It's not a competition, or an election - it's a way of assessing public opinion. Nobody wins that. When words are spun around to mean something different, we know, or we...

I have a particular interest in this thread as I am looking to buy a house in Spain. My views will probably differ radically from some others, so if they don't make any sense to you, then please ignore them. I do not think I am right, just that I have interpreted the situation according to my...

So - as my moniker implies, I'm keen to get rolling, but have not the least scintilla of a clue what to get. This seems a very good place to start. I live in Yorkshire, as near to Morecambe Bay as the hallowed turf of God's own county permits, but today I returned to Spain to look at a property...