My partner’s experience of train travel with me is a blithe ‘it’ll be fine’ followed by silent googling of the route guide, no wonder she prefers driving…
December 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
My partner’s experience of train travel with me is a blithe ‘it’ll be fine’ followed by silent googling of the route guide, no wonder she prefers driving…
Having gone to the sixth form college a surprisingly high proportion had been at private schools beforehand. Whether this was UCAS gaming or because it was actually better value was a bit unclear…
December 8, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Having gone to the sixth form college a surprisingly high proportion had been at private schools beforehand. Whether this was UCAS gaming or because it was actually better value was a bit unclear…
Until last year the standard Eurosport channels were included in the standard discovery package, fingers crossed that comes back. I don’t think being included in the premium service is good for niche sports…
December 5, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Until last year the standard Eurosport channels were included in the standard discovery package, fingers crossed that comes back. I don’t think being included in the premium service is good for niche sports…
It sort of puts the lie to the ‘I need a car to help my nan move and buy compost’ line because it turns out you really don’t need to do those things very often.
December 1, 2025 at 9:29 PM
It sort of puts the lie to the ‘I need a car to help my nan move and buy compost’ line because it turns out you really don’t need to do those things very often.
As an anxious child I found being in the Sizewell instant death zone quite comforting in that scenario.
November 24, 2025 at 11:40 AM
As an anxious child I found being in the Sizewell instant death zone quite comforting in that scenario.
This is the one thing that is true about it being possible now when it wasn’t pre-Covid, because they’re no longer contractually obligated to compensate operators…
November 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This is the one thing that is true about it being possible now when it wasn’t pre-Covid, because they’re no longer contractually obligated to compensate operators…
Also it’s not just picturesque Victorian terraces, there’s so many terribly built and maintained 60s houses all over London which are now falling apart. And they’re increasingly owned by commercial landlords happy to sell up!
November 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Also it’s not just picturesque Victorian terraces, there’s so many terribly built and maintained 60s houses all over London which are now falling apart. And they’re increasingly owned by commercial landlords happy to sell up!
This appears to already be happening in the civil service, linked to all the relocation programmes. The London weighting in pay doesn’t remotely cover the difference in housing costs any more…
November 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
This appears to already be happening in the civil service, linked to all the relocation programmes. The London weighting in pay doesn’t remotely cover the difference in housing costs any more…
I also love “X has recalled this email”, which immediately prompts everyone who didn’t read it to go looking for the juicy bits.
November 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I also love “X has recalled this email”, which immediately prompts everyone who didn’t read it to go looking for the juicy bits.
This chart is so good I remember it eight years (!) later…
November 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
This chart is so good I remember it eight years (!) later…
Scotland has some fundamental advantages here in terms of ‘number of people’/‘quantity of rain’….
November 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Scotland has some fundamental advantages here in terms of ‘number of people’/‘quantity of rain’….
Tbh this is I think still better than the physio I had who went into it while you were face down and naked on the table but still expected to respond.
October 30, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Tbh this is I think still better than the physio I had who went into it while you were face down and naked on the table but still expected to respond.
Is this not just tax NIMBYism? ‘I’m happy to see more development but only if meets this set of very specific criteria’
October 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Is this not just tax NIMBYism? ‘I’m happy to see more development but only if meets this set of very specific criteria’
Bonus points if it was in Waltham Forest, but I’m not sure that hugely narrows the constituency…
October 29, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Bonus points if it was in Waltham Forest, but I’m not sure that hugely narrows the constituency…
Using the other branches is also, from experience, a huge pain given they won’t give you a swipe card…
October 16, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Using the other branches is also, from experience, a huge pain given they won’t give you a swipe card…
I find this really interesting, given for early intervention type social projects appraisal draws really heavily on the productivity impacts of getting people back to work. Possibly another sign of how big the gap between health and social care is!
October 9, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I find this really interesting, given for early intervention type social projects appraisal draws really heavily on the productivity impacts of getting people back to work. Possibly another sign of how big the gap between health and social care is!
And the number of people who must be finding out about it while in synagogue… just horrible.
October 2, 2025 at 11:56 AM
And the number of people who must be finding out about it while in synagogue… just horrible.