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The dying embers of autumn - the heavy rain adding to the mood
November 11, 2025 at 6:38 AM
The dying embers of autumn - the heavy rain adding to the mood
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Junction design doesn't have to just be functional - we think it can be beautiful too. Explore the graceful geometry of loops, links and bridges in our Interchanges section. www.roads.org.uk/interchanges
October 23, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Junction design doesn't have to just be functional - we think it can be beautiful too. Explore the graceful geometry of loops, links and bridges in our Interchanges section. www.roads.org.uk/interchanges
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'The Crown', Islington (2025) by Sarah Lundblad
sarahbethlundblad.art
sarahbethlundblad.art
October 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
'The Crown', Islington (2025) by Sarah Lundblad
sarahbethlundblad.art
sarahbethlundblad.art
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BREAKING: The Renters’ Rights Bill has gained Royal Assent🚨
Renters are finally on the path to saying goodbye to unfair Section 21 evictions and welcoming our new rights.❤️
We’re waiting for the Govt to announce when the changes will be implemented.
#RentersRightsAct
Renters are finally on the path to saying goodbye to unfair Section 21 evictions and welcoming our new rights.❤️
We’re waiting for the Govt to announce when the changes will be implemented.
#RentersRightsAct
October 28, 2025 at 9:09 AM
BREAKING: The Renters’ Rights Bill has gained Royal Assent🚨
Renters are finally on the path to saying goodbye to unfair Section 21 evictions and welcoming our new rights.❤️
We’re waiting for the Govt to announce when the changes will be implemented.
#RentersRightsAct
Renters are finally on the path to saying goodbye to unfair Section 21 evictions and welcoming our new rights.❤️
We’re waiting for the Govt to announce when the changes will be implemented.
#RentersRightsAct
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Across Buttermere
October 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Across Buttermere
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AI coding sucks
CJ just one-shotted a 15 min rant and it's incredibly refreshing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZUk...
CJ just one-shotted a 15 min rant and it's incredibly refreshing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZUk...
AI Coding Sucks
YouTube video by Syntax
www.youtube.com
October 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
AI coding sucks
CJ just one-shotted a 15 min rant and it's incredibly refreshing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZUk...
CJ just one-shotted a 15 min rant and it's incredibly refreshing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZUk...
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British Transport Police: text 61016
September 13, 2025 at 6:37 PM
British Transport Police: text 61016
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Amid all the stuff about ‘dangerous London’ and ‘broken Britain’, new figures show the homicide rate in London is at a 10-year low. Killings dropped by 26% over the last year, from 78 to 58. No one under 25 was murdered during the school summer holidays.
September 3, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Amid all the stuff about ‘dangerous London’ and ‘broken Britain’, new figures show the homicide rate in London is at a 10-year low. Killings dropped by 26% over the last year, from 78 to 58. No one under 25 was murdered during the school summer holidays.
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An ‘ultracrepidarian’ (19th century) is one who loves to give their opinion, at length, on matters they know nothing about.
September 2, 2025 at 7:31 AM
An ‘ultracrepidarian’ (19th century) is one who loves to give their opinion, at length, on matters they know nothing about.
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For anyone who hasn’t seen it, the Red Riding trilogy is now on Netflix UK: Andrew Garfield, Paddy Considine, Sean Bean. Disturbing, layered and brilliant.
“This is the North - we do what we want.”
“This is the North - we do what we want.”
July 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
For anyone who hasn’t seen it, the Red Riding trilogy is now on Netflix UK: Andrew Garfield, Paddy Considine, Sean Bean. Disturbing, layered and brilliant.
“This is the North - we do what we want.”
“This is the North - we do what we want.”
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The Drawn Chorus.
Quite a nice way to spend a day.
Quite a nice way to spend a day.
July 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The Drawn Chorus.
Quite a nice way to spend a day.
Quite a nice way to spend a day.
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The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe.
Will we listen to his words today?
Will we listen to his words today?
July 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe.
Will we listen to his words today?
Will we listen to his words today?
Could you kindly ...
Quote this with your most spine-chilling three-word phrase in the English language. I bet you can't beat "replacement bus service" or "family fun day".
June 11, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Could you kindly ...
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The most important achievement of the right in the C21st has been the invention of an all-powerful "establishment" that does not include the editor of the Sunday Telegraph, the world's richest media moguls, the party that was in govt for 14 years, Boris Johnson or the billionaire president of the US
May 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The most important achievement of the right in the C21st has been the invention of an all-powerful "establishment" that does not include the editor of the Sunday Telegraph, the world's richest media moguls, the party that was in govt for 14 years, Boris Johnson or the billionaire president of the US
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The one where I muse about how this simple bit of code radically changes how the web itself seems to behave…
webkit.org/blog/16967/t...
webkit.org/blog/16967/t...
Two lines of Cross-Document View Transitions code you can use on every website today
Arguably, the most profound thing about the web is the ability to link one page to another.
webkit.org
May 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The one where I muse about how this simple bit of code radically changes how the web itself seems to behave…
webkit.org/blog/16967/t...
webkit.org/blog/16967/t...
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Tickets go on sale today for the stage play of The Spy Who Came In From The Cold at the Soho Place theatre. First time a le Carré novel has come to the West End, and Spy is a zinger :)
spyonstage.com
spyonstage.com
May 22, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Tickets go on sale today for the stage play of The Spy Who Came In From The Cold at the Soho Place theatre. First time a le Carré novel has come to the West End, and Spy is a zinger :)
spyonstage.com
spyonstage.com
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Hello—Is A River Alive? is out a week today, on 1 May.
I went to Clays the printer to see how my books are made (many marvellous machines!) & to sign 3000 special editions.
Here’s what happened in 40 seconds.
Here are the indie bookshops who have the specials for pre-order: linktr.ee/Is_A_River_A...
I went to Clays the printer to see how my books are made (many marvellous machines!) & to sign 3000 special editions.
Here’s what happened in 40 seconds.
Here are the indie bookshops who have the specials for pre-order: linktr.ee/Is_A_River_A...
April 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Hello—Is A River Alive? is out a week today, on 1 May.
I went to Clays the printer to see how my books are made (many marvellous machines!) & to sign 3000 special editions.
Here’s what happened in 40 seconds.
Here are the indie bookshops who have the specials for pre-order: linktr.ee/Is_A_River_A...
I went to Clays the printer to see how my books are made (many marvellous machines!) & to sign 3000 special editions.
Here’s what happened in 40 seconds.
Here are the indie bookshops who have the specials for pre-order: linktr.ee/Is_A_River_A...
Excellent brief explanation of the idiocy of US tariff policy: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
More or Less - Trump tariffs: All about the deficits - BBC Sounds
Explaining the maths and economics of the US ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs
www.bbc.co.uk
April 6, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Excellent brief explanation of the idiocy of US tariff policy: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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A grubby example of 21st C parasite businesses, inserting themselves into a simple situation and screwing everything out of it they can.
"What might come as a shock to the general public is how the Credit Hire Industry operates."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"What might come as a shock to the general public is how the Credit Hire Industry operates."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Oxford judge slams 'staggering' credit hire car costs
District Judge Richard Lumb says people might be
www.bbc.co.uk
March 31, 2025 at 4:30 PM
A grubby example of 21st C parasite businesses, inserting themselves into a simple situation and screwing everything out of it they can.
"What might come as a shock to the general public is how the Credit Hire Industry operates."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"What might come as a shock to the general public is how the Credit Hire Industry operates."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Other work by the Ladybird artists
A Kent farm in Spring
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
A Kent farm in Spring
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
March 27, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Other work by the Ladybird artists
A Kent farm in Spring
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
A Kent farm in Spring
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
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Just out: figures for sewage dumping in England for 2024.
* 3.61 million hrs of sewage released.
* That's c. 412 years of sewage.
* First yr all 15,000 CSOs were monitored.
£85bn paid out to shareholders since privatisation = underfunded, collapsing infrastructure.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
* 3.61 million hrs of sewage released.
* That's c. 412 years of sewage.
* First yr all 15,000 CSOs were monitored.
£85bn paid out to shareholders since privatisation = underfunded, collapsing infrastructure.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sewage spilled into England's rivers and seas for record 3.6m hours last year - BBC News
Sewage spilled into England's waterways for a record number of hours last year, the Environmental Agency says.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 27, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Just out: figures for sewage dumping in England for 2024.
* 3.61 million hrs of sewage released.
* That's c. 412 years of sewage.
* First yr all 15,000 CSOs were monitored.
£85bn paid out to shareholders since privatisation = underfunded, collapsing infrastructure.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
* 3.61 million hrs of sewage released.
* That's c. 412 years of sewage.
* First yr all 15,000 CSOs were monitored.
£85bn paid out to shareholders since privatisation = underfunded, collapsing infrastructure.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...