@RobertKwolek Wonderfully ornate and decorative architecture. Brits will know the expression "all dolled up", (dressing up to look fabulous) which was derived from the exuberant designs of the architect of this hotel, Charles Fitzroy Doll.
@TrungTPhan What amazed me was his hanging weights model in the cathedral basement. The internal structure is so complex & organic, conventional calculations were not reliable. So he replicated the structure in reverse, replacing compression forces with tensile, to give solution. Genius.
@holland_tom Utter joy to read, I guzzled the first 13 books of the series then had to pause as I was terrified of the grief I'd feel when I'd finished them all...
December 21st, 1989, Romania’s communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu holds a speech in Bucharest in front of tens of thousands of people who suddenly all turns against him.
He flees by helicopter but is captured on December 22nd
He’s executed 3 days later https://t.co/DEvxqqluHA
NEW:
Britain’s grim winter of strikes, falling incomes and a worsening NHS crisis is not some unfortunate series of events
It’s the inevitable result of a decade of Tory austerity that steadily weakened the state’s capacity to respond to shocks
https://t.co/xJcNiCJk2b
Thread:
"Life's amazing while you are still alive. It's true."
Roman Trokhymets, a Ukrainian soldier on the frontline, shares the thoughts he has while being under enemy fire
Good morning, Ukraine 🇺🇦
Don’t you forget: if you care, if you donate money to the Ukrainian military or help civilian volunteers, if you share news about Ukraine, no matter who and where in the world you are — you are the resistance.