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Yes, another food thread. Yesterday I had lunch in the Petit Blanc in Oxford, part...

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There have been a number of references to this in recent posts, which reminded me...

Let me try to bring some sunshine into these cold days. I just read a text where...

I am reading a book "Being English in Scotland". The author claims about English...

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I'm getting ready to apply to law school and I'm finishing up writing my personal...

Hello: Is this "tea of an afternoon" an idiomatic expression, similar to "five o...

We all know what a "home run" means but not of us always get there. So, we need to...

I saw the film "Open Range" today. It's set in the American West in 1882. The dialogue...

Over in AEU a certain Owlish poster has suggested that the Jane Austen oeuvre somewhere...

Over the last few years I've seen an increasing number of references to "identity...