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In order to download photos to laptop/PC via a USB cable make sure the phone is enabled as a Camera, not as a Media Device. On my Samsung Smartphone a pop-up appears on plugging it in, giving you the enable options

Hear! hear! The generally pleasant, moderate, stoical nature of the British was epitomised in a discussion recently on TV (can't recall where or who, there's so much Brexit chit-chat around) concerning the rise of the Far-Right across Europe and how organised the movements are and how popular...

Not yet reached half the number of votes cast in the first poll, hopefully they'll continue to dribble in

Indeed; age-old ingrained prejudices tend to linger and fester, and are repeatedly resurrected in 'new' but only subtly different guises. Hitler just one of many - before him and since - to exhume evil words and deeds, and then evangelize them

That's the way Moe; you won't be sitting on it, that's obvious :) In the same spirit I'll carry on cultivating my garden, taking solace in nature and most definitely spending as much time as possible sitting comfortably cocooned in it Anyway, I suspect that looming environmental breakdown, the...

Hitler was only repeating an old belief about Eastern Europeans, aka Slavs Origin and Etymology of Slave Middle English sclave, from Anglo-French or Medieval Latin; Anglo-French esclave, from Medieval Latin sclavus, from Sclavus Slav; from the frequent enslavement of Slavs in central Europe...

There's a lot of bumblebees around this year, including a good number of the usually scarce red-tailed species. Nice, particularly as the poor old honeybee continues to struggle Babbitty Bumble is much less aggressive than honeybees and wasps, and will only sting if the nest is disturbed or if...

In my darker moments - which seem to be increasing - I confess to thinking the same: give them what they want and then witness some real austerity Looking on the slightly less dark side I'm of the opinion that we (the West) have reached peak capitalism, peak everything we supremely comfortable...

Thanks Marble, thought moderators had to give the go-ahead first Poll is up now

In the previous poll 27 voted Stay and 20 Leave. It would be interesting to know how folk would vote now if a second referendum was to be held next Thursday Has your opinion changed two years on? Me? I'll just quote Omar Khayyam: I've heard great argument About it and about: but evermore Came...

The TH poll was Stay 27 Leave 20. Presumably these votes were cast before the referendum Would it be possible to have a new poll to see how that 47 - and others - would vote now?

He's just made a somewhat snide reference to TH on TRF, on 'what does ITV mean' thread, so feel sure your Airbus post has needled him

4/5 more than nine months to go 11/10 nine months to go 10/1 remain 33/1 civil war Help yourself but please don't request the full-cover double on remain and civil war: related contingency or what:confused:

Anyone else watch this terrific programme? https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b09xzsbp/jonathan-meades-on-jargon?suggid=b09xzsbp Long been an admirer of Meades so it was good to see him back after a lengthy interval as erudite, witty and waspish as he ever was Good review here...

I haven't bought the Timeform annuals for several years so can't comment on any decline in standards; but their longer essays were a joy to read and were notable grammatically for the not infrequent use of the em-dash, which is rarely seen now, having largely been replaced by parentheses or the...

There's about 5,000 years of recorded human history to be interpreted objectively, and 100,000+ years of unrecorded human history to be interpreted subjectively A deep history, opinions on which are fascinating but to be treated with healthy scepticism My initial thought on seeing the latest...

I was once lent an Imp as a 'courtesy car' and can confirm that it was not a thrilling experience I was allowed the occasional stop-start pootle around in my father's Austin 1100 Though he refused to don the L Plates and teach me on the Queen's highway, insisting I had official lessons: he...

“The major problem—one of the major problems, for there are several—one of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of who manages to get people to let them do it to them. To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people who must want to...

The three-day Perth meeting in late April, or any of the other spring meetings there. Do have a wander around the arboretum at Scone Palace before racing Cartmel and the Lake District, staying at the Midland Hotel, Morecambe. Don't forget the obligatory photo by Eric Morecambe's statue

Referring to a married woman by the forenames (or initials) of her husband in addition to the usual surname is very formal and now archaic, but for those obsessed with etiquette, it is correct It was the case until fairly recently for married women players at Wimbledon. For most of her career...