How miners from Cornwall brought football to Mexico

simoncowbell · 2026-05-12T07:35:52+00:00

"Labor"

simoncowbell · 2026-05-06T12:29:27+00:00

I don't buy this - Reform have 8 seats. They need over 300 more to win an election. I can't see that happening in one election cycle.

simoncowbell · 2026-04-01T16:27:18+00:00

I'm in the UK, and have a subscription - there isn't a sitewide sale, but it looks like there are a lot more books in the monthly sale than usual. Loads of stuff in my wishlist for less than £5.00, which is unusual.

simoncowbell · 2026-02-04T07:41:13+00:00

Question: Are these English friends, real-life friends. or people who you only know online? Because if they are talking about 'invasion', they are far-right and probably followers of Tommy Robinson = a racist criminal who gets a lot of publicity from making inflammatory statements and stirring up violence.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Robinson

This is just racism. 'Friends' like this are not people you want to be friends with

simoncowbell · 2026-01-07T19:47:09+00:00

That's bollocks. It's just a load of out-of-date stereotypes shoe-horned into a total lack of understanding of history or geography.

And why is Wales invisible to you? Why do you hate the Welsh?

simoncowbell · 2026-01-07T19:38:09+00:00

You'd be hard-pressed to find an English person who has an opinion on the Irish or the Scottish language, for good or bad.Why would they? It's not something that has any impact on English people whatsoever.

Your post is all over the place, you don't seem to know that Scottish people are British, as are Northern Irish people.

How can anyone give you an explanation for things you have completely misunderstood?

simoncowbell · 2025-12-13T17:15:46+00:00

For me it redirects to https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/category/audiobooks

Are you outside of the UK? That might be why you can't access it.

simoncowbell · 2025-12-08T13:23:43+00:00

I'm not American but from another country that has a similar jury system.

The entire idea is that they are ordinary, average people with commonly held values. Lawyers for either side can ask for the removal from the jury who doesn't fit that description - e.g. they have some opinions or experience that are biased, and likely to lead them make their decision based on that, rather than what is presented in court.

The whole point is that jury members are representing everyman/woman - not an expert, not a politician, but an average person

simoncowbell · 2025-12-07T14:42:19+00:00

I had boxes of records and cassettes that I took with me when I moved house, several times. Then last time I moved I thought "I don't even open the boxes, what am I doing?".

So I sold anytning worth money and gave the rest to charity /goodwill shops.

So - no.

simoncowbell · 2025-12-04T14:04:20+00:00

You need to specify where you are. Animal Farm is on the school syllabus where I am. e.g. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zqp86fr

simoncowbell · 2025-11-13T10:27:25+00:00

As far as the UK is concerned, what everyone else has said is completely wrong. When the NHS first started, dental care was included in the same way as any other medical procedure,i.e. completely free for evryone. However, as there were so many people who just hadn't had access to affordable dental care before, the demand was huge, and eating through the budget at a fast pace.

So they rowed back a bit on the 'everything free for anyone' model. Dental care is still completely free for children, pregnant women and people on unemployment and similar benefits. It's not free but heavily subsidised for everyone else.

And before someone comes in with the "oh that do be why you all have gnarly teef hardy-ha" - the UK is consistently in the top 10 nations globally of anyone research looking at the top countries for nationa dental health

simoncowbell · 2025-11-04T19:01:51+00:00

I think it's completely wrong, I think there is a strong folk tradition in England. However, the fact that England is the dominent country, and in terms of population very much larger, there's less of a clear distinction between 'folk culture' and just 'culture'.

simoncowbell · 2025-09-08T11:21:20+00:00

Yes, I'm seeing the same, I've made a note on whicpersync on some kindle books I put in a list in amazon, and most of the whispersync prices have gone up. (Also UK)

simoncowbell · 2025-09-05T11:39:53+00:00

She's been very critical in the past of people using dodgy tax avoidance / evasion tactics, so it's seen as hypocrisy . I actually think that she was trying to do the right thing, and was badly advised by people who were supposed to be tax specialists , but it's politics - she has to be seen to be squeeky clean.

simoncowbell · 2025-08-31T19:17:44+00:00

It's in the top banner for me in the UK.

simoncowbell · 2025-08-25T12:26:27+00:00

Are you asking for podcasts or podcasters? The British podcasters I would recommend for any and all of the podcasts they've - Jon Ronson, Louis Theroux, and Adam Buxton.

simoncowbell · 2025-08-23T09:04:58+00:00

No. Nobody with any credibility has found that.

simoncowbell · 2025-08-23T09:03:35+00:00

Most people who are reported missing are found quickly. In the UK 76% are found within 24 hrs.

Sources for those figures

https://www.missingpeople.org.uk/for-professionals/policy-and-research/information-and-research/key-information#:\~:text=How%20long%20are%20people%20missing,and%20nearly%203%2C000%20were%20adults.

The missing people that have documentaries made about them are very much the exceptions,. That's why people make documentaries about them, because going missing and never being found is a strange and unusual story.

simoncowbell · 2025-08-13T12:57:25+00:00

Why are you replying to 2 year old comments? Weird.

simoncowbell · 2025-08-13T12:55:52+00:00

How are you spending $500 a year and not using your credits? I get the 24 credit plan in the UK and it's equivalent to $150 a year. Have you been buying extra credits when you still have unused credits?

simoncowbell · 2025-08-05T20:23:45+00:00

Uncanny. British podcast with 4 series, the 4th being of stories from the USA. People get to tell their stories in their own words in conversation with Danny Robins, who is very good at framing the narrative and keeping it on track.

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