The great Japanese literary novelist Tanizaki Junichiro once wrote an essay on his most memorable toilet experiences. Somebody seems to have translated it into English here: https://www.scribd.com/do… (View Post)

Did you see the RAIB report about the Lumo overspeed traversal of points at Peterborough? One of the things they noted was that because of the reduced luggage rack provision there were more heavy sui… (View Post)

Yep; when I got some of my rooms decorated the decorator was happy to do "Johnson's, colour match to F&B whatever-name". You can also get the colour-match done for sample pots, whe… (View Post)

Those quotes are Sunak rowing back on things rather than Gove (not that that makes for much confidence in anything happening). Full speech here if you want it: https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/… (View Post)

Did we do Gove's speech about housing? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66287810 As a definitely-non-Tory-supporter, my take: * it's good to see that Gove seems to favour basically th… (View Post)