Blimey, it takes me five minutes pottering about with pan and egg before even considering the heat - let alone the rice.

I'll give it a try. I always thought sticky rice was more complicated 🧐

I don't know. Set up the night before perhaps?

It's terrific, but what a faff! How on earth do you have the patience, first thing in the morning?

Wonderful! Hope it goes well, and it would be interesting to hear back. It's pre-Victorian, but what about how Stephenson crossed Chat Moss? And Brunel's broad gauge?

It's this sort of bitty, piecemeal approach that so frustrates US. Not really surprising they despise us, a bunch of tiny, fractious little countries that can't get their act together. And until we can start behaving as a United States of Europe we're almost a hopeless cause.

What a lovely scene. I was near Aberfeldy last year and was enchanted as always

Dort wo man Bücher verbrennt, verbrennt man auch am Ende Menschen - Heinrich Heine

We'd love to believe you, and some of us do. The problem is, it might happen again. Lots of your politicians will be noticing how easy it is to enrich oneself and impress an ignorant electorate.

😆 wonderful!