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Do people still drink Bovril (or what people in old books call a nice strengthening beef tea)? I guess they must if it’s still on the...

They’re comparable to guitar strings.

Wikipedia says the instrument itself is usually about 180 cm in length. It looks as though the strings cover at least most of that. Does...

Expanding on what @Autumnal said, a koto is about the size of a full-size electronic keyboard, it's like an upsized hammered dulcimer...

A bit but not a lot. Spoilers if you want them:

Yes, I’d have thought so, so the longest for a really big koto is probably only about 1m long. In which case I’m really not sure how the...

I admit that I have not done it in a few years, and I am unsurprised to learn that is has not improved. London's Ring Road was pretty...

Read The Honjin Murders, a classic 1947 locked room mystery by Seishi Yokomizo, one of the archetypal Japanese golden age detective...

The next one is the first one we watched in the last few years - we took a bit of a break after 2015 or so. Mine (Netflix, 2021) This...

Sadly, he is rarely a sexy cartoon fox.

As long as Robin Hood is a sexy cartoon fox, I can forgive a lot.

I also have a metric ton of nitpicks about archery and fencing but basically, I know why Flynning happens and others (such as Sellsword...

My common tiniest nitpick which I’m sure happens to everyone who lives in a town where they film things (I’m waiting for it to happen...

Londoner here, born in the sound of Bow Bells so very much technically a Cockney. Still live in London, back in North London (near...

Driving in London at all has been pretty woof for many years in my experience. Meanwhile, driving in villages and the country is mostly...