These chunky bars are required in new homes by English building regulations aimed at preventing residents from falling out of windows. All windows with sill heights of less than 1.1 metres must have them if they can be opened by 10cm or more.
No disrespect Stonehenge, but this granite block just saved a dozen pedestrians, who were waiting to cross a 20mph road, from being mown down by a drunk driver.
The Imperial passport of Kublai Khan, circa 1240 AD. “I am the emissary of the Khan. If you defy me, you die.”
They really don't make travel documents the way they used to.
You know what should feature a lot more prominently in post apocalyptic settings? Bicycles. If you have a society with remaining technical knowledge but suddenly without access to more resource heavy modes of transportation seems like a natural thing for people to turn to.
Voters at Milton Road Library get to experience the rare sight of voting from the back of a car as we've had problems getting into the building … hopefully we'll be in soon but for now our polling staff are doing a great job ensuring early voters can still cast their vote!
Me: it’s not a movie. Lawyers don’t send email: proposing “suppressing” a report and admitting this amounts to “withholding key documents”.
The Post Office:
Leaving parliament tomorrow so in full parliscran style I had dinner in the terrace with friends tonight. Soup, chips and green beans. What else could it have been 💔 £2.85 terrace cafe
London no-go zones: a definitive guide
Finchley. You've seen it there on the map, just north of Hampstead. But have you ever been there? Do you know anyone who lives there? No you do not.