The Shardlake novels draw on a lot of very detailed and specialised research of the period including legal procedures. It's difficult to see how anyone else could pick up on that.

Currently up to Sovereign. Saw a trailer for the series and thought "err, no thanks".

I've heard that this colour was traditionally created by mixing animal blood with plaster. 😲 I don't think it can be true because it would quickly turn brown or reddish-brown.

Well it's not as if Wales was like the Atacama Desert before you bought the Saab 😀

USB rocket launcher.

Ah, the "man putting up umbrella on a windy day" signs.

I've got an Ikea sofa to assemble which makes a broken down Ford AU seem like a very minor problem. 😃

Warning: sensible comment. Just ask the seller if you can borrow it for a video. It would probably help them find a buyer.