Hang on in there! my boy is 18 weeks now, and at 10 weeks I was nearly crying with frustration -I would spend hours outside with him and he wouldn’t do anything, but would come straight back in and pee on the rug, looking me in the eye as he did! You just have to be consistent and it will click - you’ll suddenly…

In Italy they always use the name of the type of pasta, as everyone knows the difference (linguine/tortellini/pappardelle etc) they never use the blanket ‘pasta’

She would have been Queen twice over - Queen Regnant of Scotland and Queen Consort of Spain.

That’s not correct - they will/would be Queens, but Queen Consort rather than Queen Regnant. Effectively it’s a courtesy title. The consorts of Queens Regnant are called Prince because ‘King’ supposedly outranks ‘Queen’, so it would be placing them above their wife who actually inherited the throne.

I would say one of the best children’s hospitals in the *world*. I’m a parent, and I would trust the judgement of the staff at GOSH over my own judgement when it comes to my daughter.

Yes, this film was brilliant! I was a sobbing wreck by the end, but everyone in it was just wonderful p. I love Gemma Arterton, but the men were brilliant too.

I feel the same way. I tend to describe my beliefs as ‘politically pro-choice, personally anti-abortion’.

This is the only correct answer.

M15 is investigating more than 500 active plots at any one time - there’s not way things aren’t going to slip through when they’re that overwhelmed.

There are occasionally cases here where medical staff advise parents that really the only humane course of action is to turn off life support - if the parents disagree then it sometimes ends up in court. Ostensibly, both sides are representing what they believe is in the best interests of the child - continued…

I think Ivanka’s supposed to be the moderating voice for her father, so I think people in Europe should support that.

NI won’t leave the Union - they’ll never reunite with Eire and couldn’t survive on their own.

It’s very unlikely the Tories will lose - they are more likely to increase their majority in the Commons unfortunately, and use it as a mandate to do whatever the fuck they want with Brexit. Labour is not in a good place at the moment, Jeremy Corbyn doesn’t have the full party behind him (and the Daily fucking Mail is…

Princess Anne and her second husband were married in Scotland. Charles and Camilla were married in Windsor Guildhall (civil service) and then had a blessing in St George’s chapel at Windsor Castle.

They’re talking about bringing him to my town because it has a castle where they can hide him from the public. I’ve got everyone I know on standby and my daughter is already asking *exactly* how rude she’s allowed to be on the sign she’s planning. We’re ready. The tenner will be useful for chocolate though.

I’m a novice at this, but I wondered if there might be a smudge of shade in here:

Can I get a shade ruling on the BBC’s reporting of this?

I didn’t start learning till I was 25, and now I’m fairly competent - I don’t think I’ll ever be racing down the blacks, and I do get out-skied by my 11 year old (who was three when she started!), but I can put in a good showing!

Very close, but you forgot the brandy - essential as far as i’m concerned. And the sugar must be brown (preferably muscovado). Twenty years of helping my dad make mulled wine for church socials means I can basically make it in my sleep!

Extraordinary is what you say what you can’t think of anything actually good to say. And/or when you are trying to be polite about how awful something is. Usually with a telling pause before.