Proof that prayers don’t work.

The Rivers of London books are fantastic, and keep getting better.

I’ve literally just finished reading the latest one, Stone and Sky.

My old town, East Grinstead, finally famous for something unrelated to Scientology!

Indeed! Especially as I have relatives living there, who I’ve never met.

I’m just one retired bloke from the UK so hardly representative, but my wife and I were planning a visit to New England next year which has now been binned for the foreseeable future. Canada is looking favourite at the moment.

I’ll make you watch Season 1 of DARK. You’ll also get popcorn, crisps and wine.

Cynic that I am, I expect the book sellers to leave the prices unchanged whilst they pocket the VAT savings.

Could it be Prodigal Son?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prodigal_Son_(TV_series)

At least tell us what you know about the show; someone here might recognise it!

Nope, that’s basically the plot!

The Saga of Pliocene Exile series, and associated Galactic MIlieu books by Julian May.

I smoked for over 30 years and couldn’t break the habit until I tried vaping in the early years of the technology. I slowly reduced the nicotine level in the e-liquid and quit completely within 18 months. It was easy and fun and cheap. Now I see vapes marketed to kids to get them addicted to nicotine and eventually onto cigarettes. I find it crazy and not a little tragic that a technology designed to get people off tobacco has been re-purposed by the tobacco industry to cause addiction.

I think I’d have to opt for Cold War Russia.

Fried bread!

Sync on my phone and any old browser on the PC.

A more interesting statistic would be to ask how many people actually read a newspaper.

I’d imagine, if he was killed, it was to stop him testifying against all the other paedophiles he enabled, in order to get a reduced sentence. Unsurprisingly, this scenario annoys people.