Gareth Potter
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It is at once familiar and yet very foreign. I first visited in 2009 and found the British relics fascinating. There were still coins with the Queen’s head on circulating. But the scaffolding is all made of bamboo and you turn a corner and find a beautiful Chinese temple next to a skyscraper.
November 22, 2025 at 10:20 AM
It is at once familiar and yet very foreign. I first visited in 2009 and found the British relics fascinating. There were still coins with the Queen’s head on circulating. But the scaffolding is all made of bamboo and you turn a corner and find a beautiful Chinese temple next to a skyscraper.
Was with it up until this point. This seems…optimistic.
November 13, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Was with it up until this point. This seems…optimistic.
You can see the shadow of the camera unit mounted on top of the car at various points. But the council clearly have added a new “Unsuitable for motor vehicles” sign *and* post at some point after 2011 at the Wendover end.
November 3, 2025 at 8:05 AM
You can see the shadow of the camera unit mounted on top of the car at various points. But the council clearly have added a new “Unsuitable for motor vehicles” sign *and* post at some point after 2011 at the Wendover end.
Presumably they were trying to drive down this.
October 29, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Presumably they were trying to drive down this.
As an alternative to American negging, may I suggest Chinese social media posts glorying in our fine food. “M&S Rice Pudding: overseas students must try this masterful product.”
October 19, 2025 at 8:10 AM
As an alternative to American negging, may I suggest Chinese social media posts glorying in our fine food. “M&S Rice Pudding: overseas students must try this masterful product.”
It’s very smart, isn’t it. I went on the day it opened; I assume the area around the eastern exit has changed quite a bit now.
October 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
It’s very smart, isn’t it. I went on the day it opened; I assume the area around the eastern exit has changed quite a bit now.
Was wondering what the fuck was wrong with Nottingham for a moment.
October 6, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Was wondering what the fuck was wrong with Nottingham for a moment.
Social media is ruining tourism for the rest of us, part 94.
China now takes this to another level: in Yunnan, you can’t move for the number of people in costume posing for semi-pro photographers.
China now takes this to another level: in Yunnan, you can’t move for the number of people in costume posing for semi-pro photographers.
September 28, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Social media is ruining tourism for the rest of us, part 94.
China now takes this to another level: in Yunnan, you can’t move for the number of people in costume posing for semi-pro photographers.
China now takes this to another level: in Yunnan, you can’t move for the number of people in costume posing for semi-pro photographers.
A gem for you, @mrtrellis.bsky.social. Inevitable, apparently.
September 23, 2025 at 11:01 PM
A gem for you, @mrtrellis.bsky.social. Inevitable, apparently.
People even seem to go up it when there can’t be much to see at the top. I’m also wondering how they take photos. If I were to go up - which I wouldn’t - I would not be letting go to take a photo.
September 23, 2025 at 12:16 PM
People even seem to go up it when there can’t be much to see at the top. I’m also wondering how they take photos. If I were to go up - which I wouldn’t - I would not be letting go to take a photo.
As if the cultural imperialism warning signs weren’t flashing brightly enough, this piece is - of course - illustrated with a photo of an American toilet sign.
September 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
As if the cultural imperialism warning signs weren’t flashing brightly enough, this piece is - of course - illustrated with a photo of an American toilet sign.
Denning’s Due Process of Law in simplified Chinese translation an unlikely find in the Oriental Bookshop in Kunming.
August 19, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Denning’s Due Process of Law in simplified Chinese translation an unlikely find in the Oriental Bookshop in Kunming.
Probably shouldn’t have waited almost 30 years to see Oasis for the first time.
August 3, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Probably shouldn’t have waited almost 30 years to see Oasis for the first time.
At work I mostly use a Turkish F-layout Apple USB keyboard, an excellent aid to touch typing. Don’t look down, etc.
July 17, 2025 at 10:46 AM
At work I mostly use a Turkish F-layout Apple USB keyboard, an excellent aid to touch typing. Don’t look down, etc.
Current keyboard at home, connected via an adapter to an M1 MacBook Pro.
July 17, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Current keyboard at home, connected via an adapter to an M1 MacBook Pro.
Mostly fair. But in his defence…
July 12, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Mostly fair. But in his defence…
When I got back to Kings Cross that evening I went out and took some photos. It was so strange to see it so empty. It is good to see it now, busy, lively, recovered. 7/7
July 7, 2025 at 7:50 AM
When I got back to Kings Cross that evening I went out and took some photos. It was so strange to see it so empty. It is good to see it now, busy, lively, recovered. 7/7
Twenty years on.
I was lucky that day, but I often reflect how easily it could have been me on that Piccadilly Line train. The mind is funny, especially so two decades after the fact, but maybe I dawdled on the way to the station. 1/
I was lucky that day, but I often reflect how easily it could have been me on that Piccadilly Line train. The mind is funny, especially so two decades after the fact, but maybe I dawdled on the way to the station. 1/
July 7, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Twenty years on.
I was lucky that day, but I often reflect how easily it could have been me on that Piccadilly Line train. The mind is funny, especially so two decades after the fact, but maybe I dawdled on the way to the station. 1/
I was lucky that day, but I often reflect how easily it could have been me on that Piccadilly Line train. The mind is funny, especially so two decades after the fact, but maybe I dawdled on the way to the station. 1/
Pleasing to see at least one of the newer Imperial units being adopted in the US customary system.
July 4, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Pleasing to see at least one of the newer Imperial units being adopted in the US customary system.
Yes, it’s just hagiography all the way down, isn’t it.
June 27, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Yes, it’s just hagiography all the way down, isn’t it.
I fucking told you so, you fools.
June 27, 2025 at 5:46 AM
I fucking told you so, you fools.
This is where Japanese and Chinese are great, of course: the word is also “rock oil”, but it is understandable by anyone with basic literacy (for a Sinitic definition of basic), not just those who studied Latin or Greek.
June 9, 2025 at 8:37 AM
This is where Japanese and Chinese are great, of course: the word is also “rock oil”, but it is understandable by anyone with basic literacy (for a Sinitic definition of basic), not just those who studied Latin or Greek.