“Why do Americans think Andy Murray is English?” asks the BBC. “Has there ever been a thinner premise for an article,” wonder its readers. It does serve two purposes for the Beeb, though. First, to paint Americans as idiots, and second to make a dubious case that its Olympics coverage didn’t adequately note Scottish achievements. Others have made a slightly different argument, though.
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Start the Week 21st July 2025
Asimov my favourite author (cf Foundation series) but other SF stories equally prescient. One story had wages paid as electronic…