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We DID see red kites! Going NW from Bucks to Oxon on the M40 is one if my favourite spots on the motorway network. The landscape opens up suddenly, and it feels like arriving in a brand new realm. An… (View Post)

Having just dissed twentieth century architecture, I am today, for complicated reasons, spending 9 hours on a minibus from Manchester to Kings College London and back. For unclear reasons, the driver… (View Post)

3 Comments on Leon's comments: 1) I visited Warsaw in 2008 and was blown awayby the old town. I had just been conditioned to think that buildings built after about 1910 had to be functional at b… (View Post)

I think Hull is a bad example. Hull feels young and vibrant. City if culture and all that. It sounds dull and depressing, especially if said in a Hull accent, but it's not. But pretty much any u… (View Post)