No wonder they capitulated so surprisingly when the Spanish with their slightly less terrifying God arrived. (View Post)

True. Throwing valuable objects (particularly metal) into water is old, old magic. And the oldest Gods live in the water (particularly springs - hence, I suppose, the fountain connection.) Archaeolog… (View Post)

Yes, and Manchester is very much in favour of this being an underground solution (DfT originally opposed an underground station in Manchester for high speed rail, but had made 'well, perhaps… (View Post)

There was a reasonably-far-through-the-sausage-machine plan on the table to four-track the Castlefield Corridor (the section from Piccadilly through Oxford Road and Deansgate to South West Manchester… (View Post)

If it weren't for their about-turn in office, they could have made hay with the tuition fees issue. But they've basically now ceded that ground to the greens for a generation. (View Post)