Who can forget that classic opening, "I was working in my lab, late one night"?

Just click through to youtube, brot

Ipswich had St Mary le Tower (recently renamed as Ipswich Minster), St Mary at the Quay, St Mary at Stoke, and St Mary at the Elms.

Pretty sure that, in England 40 or 50 years ago, where there was a third table spice it was white pepper.

Like everything in modern Britain, democracy ends up in a shabby corner of a vape shop.

I don't understand the invocation of Coleridge? Has he forgotten that the "damsel with a dulcimer" was a first-generation immigrant?

There's also a religious/ethical background - to people brought up in some forms of Christianity (and no doubt some other faiths), pride in anything worldly has traditionally been a Bad Thing.

As per Dr Scott

Katie will face some stick over her pronoun choice.

Regardless of which of the owners, or their agents, did the job, it wasn't done properly. This house is a home for private tenants and those tenants were not properly protected. I hope the letting agents are better at arranging plumbers etc than they are at compliance with legal requirements.

Quite normal but also quite amazing that such an obvious point was not double-checked. You would have thought a likely party of government would have been on top of this. Where were the party's solicitors?

The purpose, though, of selective licensing, is to protect private renters from bad landlords. This goes completely against the spirit of Renter Reform. Reeves will also be in breach of her mortgage conditions. Badly advised, but a Chancellor's private affairs should demonstrate a grasp of detail.

Or, psychological torture, like when they asked Captain Picard how many Nimon he saw.

There's a more modern milkshakey version outside a garage in town, though I am not sure if it is fully automated - but this roadside sign always amused me.

Perhaps he is fictionalising for a wider readership, and the ground was St Andrew's?

Local authorities have all the responsibility and none of the power or respect. The only reform that could ever work in England would be to abolish local government and run everything from the centre. But then there would be no-one to scapegoat.

Urns Beata