Several “mansions” in the narrow streets of student Fallowfield didn’t look right.

The map is a work of art and will be used to generate the tie-break Q in a pub quiz next weekend.

Are you sure that in some locations the data are not catching (say) a row of terraced houses being sold in one transaction, or several flats in one block?

It could be a horde of empty beer cans?

Why will the CAs change reduce business investment? It’s mainly in relation to expenditure incurred in the past. Most new main pool expenditure will be eligible for 100% CAs or the new 40% FYA for leased assets.

But he’s going to lose his place because of this bowling performance.

What are the colours on this map?

Does Philomena Cunk know about this?

Martin Crowe was so good that he displaced two of the best cricketers ever from the Somerset side.

What - with Crawley raring to go?!

He’s not in the 11-100 so he must be in the top 10.

Amazing that Stuart Broad is only number 15.

…especially when you realize his dad must be in the top 10.

Player of the series in 1986/87 with three tons, great performance, but surprising to see him ahead of Compton and Stokes.

Why not tax the take off or landing in the UK of private jets, just like APD except on the aircraft and at a higher rate.

Ultimately, there is a lot going on beyond the borders of your “rural idyll”, and you won’t last long if you don’t engage with the world beyond.

What absolute rubbish.

If you’re thinking about Palantir, Tolkien emphasises the danger of their use.

… and should not be sacrificed to the engines of progress.

Through multiple readings, it has never occurred to me that the message is that towns and cities are bad. Perhaps that unchecked technological progress is bad, and mysticism (wizards) are better than iron and steel (armour and swords).

…return and sort it out, banish the bad men.

If LotR has an overall message, it is freedom over enslavement; small individual acts of heroism belying the idea that an epic tale must be dominated by princes and knights; greenery, nature, oral history and monuments from the past are all precious …

…living under the protection of stronger forces far away who are resisting the baddies on the frontline.

The Shire might be unrealistically tranquil, but in the book (not the film) it is seen what happens when the surviving baddies take control of The Shire. Fortunately, the war-hardened heroes…

…see them mourning the loss of the more architecturally ornate city of Osgiliath to Sauron’s destructive forces.

The Hobbits have towns in The Shire. In LotR they visit the town of Bree, a place where Hobbits and men mix.

The Shire is a peaceful place. The Hobbits don’t realize they are…