103 years of the subway
A collection of photographs at Slate.
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The Crown, Horsham
Two disappointing pub experiences in Horsham this afternoon. The Black Jug – an occasional venue for me after meetings in the office complex nearby – turns out to be one of those sour-faced pubs that doesn’t let in children under 10, even into the beer garden. They also make some snotty
GWOT your ride
Live in Oklahoma? Support George Bush II’s Global War on Terror? The DMV has a license plate just for you, complete with stern-beaked eagle. (via MeFi)
Do widzenia!
The Polish people have spoken, and with one voice (well, mostly) they have said “Sod off, Law and Justice“. A great victory for modernity and liberal Europeanism over the voices of fear and hatred. Yay, Tusk!
Different views
Another illustration of the American media attitude. Telegraph headline on the Polish elections: “Texts fire up young Polish voters”. Guardian story: “Polish twins fear the youth verdict.
Washington post headline on their story? “Poland Vote Touches on U.S. Defense Plan”. Because hey, who cares about anything else?
However, while
Cry Gord for Harry, England and Saint George!
It seems that our gutsy Prime Minister has defended our island race from the tireless assaults of those wicked Europeans. Why do they hate us so much? It seems like every time there’s an EU summit, they’re trying to take over this scepter’d isle with their hateful
MR(U)SA
Interesting report in the NY Times shows that it’s not just the NHS that’s having trouble with cleanliness. MRSA killed almost 18,650 patients in the US during 2005 – a rate of about 1 per 16,000 people. In England and Wales in the same year there were
Gore blimey
Congratulations to Al Gore (and the IPCC) for winning the Nobel Peace Prize. I see that the BBC ‘most recommended comments’ page on the topic is, as always, full of right wing nuts.
I wonder whether the right-wing noise machine that is the BBC Have Your Say feature is a
So proud to be British
How could I not be when we have such a wonderful upstanding press? Take the Daily Mail, which forever defends this island against politicians of a socialist bent, immigrants and those cunning, waxed-moustachioed Europeans. This fine example of all that is best about British honesty and fair play has, the
The best the Obs can get
Today’s Observer has and interesting piece on shaving, with the writer being given a tour of Gillette’s research facility in Reading (complete with MIT-style “eureka stations” where people can drink coffee and have ideas).