Picking up on attractive brick buildings, I quite like the new Lambeth Palace Library - but I have yet to manage to visit. They chose an architectural who have done several Oxbridge university librar… (View Post)

I cannot quite get my head around these numbers. It looks like a reduction over 4 years, but since there is a "record funding settlement" how much of this is a cut of a future increase? Or,… (View Post)

Popbitch: FYI: While at university Matt Goodwin was famous for losing money in poker games as a result of making very risky all-in bets. (View Post)

Seconded. But what is a Robototron ? (It sounds distinctly like a 1950s toaster with rounded corners.) (View Post)

Since late Victorian times, the numbers are up (by half - ish) but the rate is down (by a third - ish) due to the population being up by 90-95% since 1901. These are the numbers 1898 to 1997, but nee… (View Post)