This is great. Although, my heuristic is already ‘if in doubt, buy the Burnt Mill’ so it’s nice to have that validated
December 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
This is great. Although, my heuristic is already ‘if in doubt, buy the Burnt Mill’ so it’s nice to have that validated
This is going to be useful for my next trip to stare at the CC fridges
December 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
This is going to be useful for my next trip to stare at the CC fridges
Change at Westminster, go down the escalator at Bermondsey
December 5, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Change at Westminster, go down the escalator at Bermondsey
Looks a bit like kohlrabi
November 28, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Looks a bit like kohlrabi
None more Suffolk
November 23, 2025 at 10:42 PM
None more Suffolk
Saw this the other day and it’s of a piece bsky.app/profile/vict...
fascinating Covent Garden brothel case at the Old Bailey in 1852. owner punched out a drunken customer who refused to pay 2s (double for two girls) & propped him up against a wall. maid-servant helped and hurried back to 'sheet up' more beds, as "a great many were waiting for the rooms to vacated".
November 22, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Saw this the other day and it’s of a piece bsky.app/profile/vict...
One of my absolute favourites, this one. Just perfectly self-contained
November 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM
One of my absolute favourites, this one. Just perfectly self-contained
Actually surprisingly unhelpful given what you can actually see
November 5, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Actually surprisingly unhelpful given what you can actually see
Does shawarma count? Work trip to Palestine, lamb shawarma from our driver’s family’s cafe in East Jerusalem. Incredible, I still think about it years later
November 3, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Does shawarma count? Work trip to Palestine, lamb shawarma from our driver’s family’s cafe in East Jerusalem. Incredible, I still think about it years later
Are you familiar with David Starkey
October 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Are you familiar with David Starkey
I feel like this story is mostly the unions briefing about it so they can loudly make it clear they’re not up for any nonsense? But what do I know
October 1, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I feel like this story is mostly the unions briefing about it so they can loudly make it clear they’re not up for any nonsense? But what do I know
It could raise up to £1.7m a year!
October 1, 2025 at 6:49 PM
It could raise up to £1.7m a year!
It has the largest concentration of roller-coasters in Europe. It has the continent’s second most popular tourist attraction, the forty-two-acre Pleasure Beach, whose 6.5 million annual visitors are exceeded in number only by those going to the Vatican.’
All a bit ‘citation needed’ even in 1995.
All a bit ‘citation needed’ even in 1995.
August 16, 2025 at 10:19 PM
It has the largest concentration of roller-coasters in Europe. It has the continent’s second most popular tourist attraction, the forty-two-acre Pleasure Beach, whose 6.5 million annual visitors are exceeded in number only by those going to the Vatican.’
All a bit ‘citation needed’ even in 1995.
All a bit ‘citation needed’ even in 1995.
‘Blackpool – and I don’t care how many times you hear this, it never stops being amazing – attracts more visitors every year than Greece and has more holiday beds than the whole of Portugal. It consumes more chips per capita than anywhere on the planet. (It gets through 40 acres of potatoes a day.)
August 16, 2025 at 10:18 PM
‘Blackpool – and I don’t care how many times you hear this, it never stops being amazing – attracts more visitors every year than Greece and has more holiday beds than the whole of Portugal. It consumes more chips per capita than anywhere on the planet. (It gets through 40 acres of potatoes a day.)
That’s the one. I don’t have a copy to hand unfortunately but I don’t think the claim is rigorously referenced
August 16, 2025 at 10:13 PM
That’s the one. I don’t have a copy to hand unfortunately but I don’t think the claim is rigorously referenced
This stat is in Bill Bryson’s going round Britain book I think, so quite some time ago. Would be surprised if it’s still true, whether or not it was at the time
August 16, 2025 at 10:02 PM
This stat is in Bill Bryson’s going round Britain book I think, so quite some time ago. Would be surprised if it’s still true, whether or not it was at the time
Reading that is like being in a greengrocer’s. What if you want to watch a film and drink wine that *doesn’t* taste of peaches?
August 10, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Reading that is like being in a greengrocer’s. What if you want to watch a film and drink wine that *doesn’t* taste of peaches?
Yeah, that’s tough. Hopefully the peer pressure kicks in soon, that often helps
July 16, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Yeah, that’s tough. Hopefully the peer pressure kicks in soon, that often helps
Mine refused to eat or drink anything at nursery for the first week. Eventually they basically force-fed him and he realised it was fine and ate normally from then on. Not suggesting this necessarily
July 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Mine refused to eat or drink anything at nursery for the first week. Eventually they basically force-fed him and he realised it was fine and ate normally from then on. Not suggesting this necessarily
Don’t know if it’s still going tbf www.facebook.com/groups/55261...
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July 10, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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East 17 singers not what you’re looking for?
July 10, 2025 at 10:42 AM
East 17 singers not what you’re looking for?
Saw it on the first run. My old English teacher was one of the characters and there were a couple of other recognisable people. The level of accuracy of the impersonation was incredible, a really uncanny theatre experience on top of quality of the production itself
June 22, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Saw it on the first run. My old English teacher was one of the characters and there were a couple of other recognisable people. The level of accuracy of the impersonation was incredible, a really uncanny theatre experience on top of quality of the production itself
Even better, the students can now just get the AI to be shocked and offended on their behalf
June 19, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Even better, the students can now just get the AI to be shocked and offended on their behalf