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Yes Minister co-creator Sir Anthony Jay on how to reform the BBC

D&D (at least v3.5) is considerably more realistic than you probably think

Medieval swords weighed considerably less than you probably think they did (unless you happen to be well-informed on this subject as I suspect at least two of my readers are)

Watching Doctor Who from the very beginning (and inflicting it on your wife)

Game of Thrones is "fantasy gateway drug".

Michael 'RyanAir' O'Leary really doesn't think much of the European Commission. Longish, but well worth watching video.

An interesting series of charts showing how each US state voted in every single presidential election

Study shows that cigarettes in Ireland have elastic demand, not inelastic as you might intuitively think. How can this be? Answer: They don't, it's just the price rises due to tax have pushed smokers to the black market.