I greatly enjoy reading Bryan Appleyard’s blog, and his articles, which never fail to either inform or entertain – and often both (he was the man who switched me on to peak oil). There is an interesting interview with him at the Independent today: “The only thing I’m sure I am is culturally conservative – the only way you have a culture is being conservative.”

Or as Show of Hands have been singing: we’ve lost more than we’ll ever know, round the rocky shores of England.