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Grimy, Impractical and Grotesque – St Pancras

No, it’s not my description of some random TV program I watched last night, it’s the general opinion of most people on the old St Pancras station in London. I’ve spent a fair amount of time in this station over the years, travelling down from London...

It’s all going to come out now!

Well not everything obviously, but a lot more than there previously was! Nearly 3,700 historical UK Security Service files are now on public display after the National Archive made the sixth  realease of files since the full implementation of the Freedom of...

Goat Sacrifice

I’m not sure what to make of this story reported on the BBC today, a goat has been sacrificed to fix a Nepal jet at Kathmandu airport! Apparently the goat was sacrificed in front of the Boeing 757 to fix a persistent electrical fault that had lead to a number of...

Special Water of New York!

It’s not often I comment on genuine news items, but this one caught my eye! Mainly because I object to paying a fortune for bottled water (or “Special Water” as I call it!). The City of New York is trying to persuade its people to give up bottled...

Wilfing again!

You still there? Good, I’ll continue! Yet another productivity sapping problem has hit the UK (according to moneysupermarket.com – hey that site makes me WILF). OK, OK, what exactly is Wilfing? Wilf stands for “What Was I Looking For”,...