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Divorcing Couple ahead, reduce speed now

The Brighton Argus reports on a more-than-usually public marriage break-up: Drivers saw the start of the drama last week when a banner was hung over a bridge over the A27 in Brighton bearing the initials JBS and the words: “Wendy, I want a divorce”. Now it seems Wendy has taken

European rail travel

Paul Steane has an eye-wateringly comprehensive website, at the Enthusiast’s Guide to Travelling the Railways of Europe.

Doing the double

A good day in the Zacharzewski household. Both Poland and England have advanced to the World Cup finals, from the same group. Now their match on Wednesday is for honour alone. Dziękujemy Holendrom!

Anna on Brighton beach

Anna is walking! (admittedly, not in this shot)

Poland's presidential election

Another election in Poland, this time for the presidency, and Le Figaro reports that support for dissidents in Belarus and Ukraine has become a campaign issue.

David Cameron - West Brom of the Tory Party?

The Tory conference was way more interesting than normal this year, because they were trying to find a leader. What it most reminded me of was the last day of the Premiership season this year. Readers with good memories will recall that Norwich City went into the day with their

Al Gore speech on democracy and the media

The Associated Press reports an interesting and readable speech by Al Gore on the problematic interaction of the American media and democracy: I came here today because I believe that American democracy is in grave danger. It is no longer possible to ignore the strangeness of our public discourse . I

Starring Shakespeare as himself

Tom Veal’s Stromata Blog takes apart yet another new theory about Shakespeare being the front man for someone else. via MeFi.

Sesame Street in Klingon | MetaFilter

Metafilter discusses, disturbingly.

The rights stuff

More on that last point, a lovely quotation from Tom Paine. Mr. Burke, on the contrary, denies that [the right to choose a government] exists in the nation, either in whole or in part, or that it exists anywhere; and, what is still more strange and marvellous, he says: “that