Good to see a reference to Gerald Fiennes' book. It's particularly interesting how there seems to be parallels between the messy electrification of the GEML in the 1960s and the GWML today.… (View Post)

There's the fact that, for Labour supporters, they're having to change to defence from offence after around fifteen years. That might well be uncomfortable. But I might hazard another guess… (View Post)

Oh, and in other news, Friday *might* be an exciting day for astroheads. New Glenn's maiden launch has been puhsed back two days to then (AIUI because of weather), and the next Starship flight i… (View Post)

No-one was ill because of it, but a pub by the river in Cambridge once served a colleague a battered fish that was hot on the outside, but still frozen solid on the inside. A fishy baked alaska, (View Post)

Looking at the maps and the aerial views, I think there used to be a stream running across the field. The canal was then built, and the stream downstream used as an overflow (or whatever) from the ca… (View Post)