Germany's first train driver was an Englishman. This eccentric Geordie became a local legend, always steering his locomotive out of Nuremberg impeccably dressed in a tailcoat and top hat!
The Tall Engländer and other Anglo-German tales in ZEITGEIST👇
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> be John Dee
> 16th-century math guy and Queen Elizabeth's top spy
> need a solid cover story to infiltrate European courts
> "I'm just a rambling occult mystic who talks to angels, ignore me"
> the entire continent buys it
> run deep-cover espionage, crack ciphers, and map naval threats while everyone thinks sees just a harmless schizo
> literally coin the term "British Empire" out of thin air (1577)
> wants England to conquer the New World but need a justification
> launch a massive PR campaign linking the Queen directly to King Arthur and Welsh Prince Madoc
> instant divine mandate to counter the Spanish monopoly secure infinite funding for Raleigh and Drake to pirate the seas mfw I shitposted a global empire into existence
> inspiration for James Bond
❗️Novorossiysk authorities said gasoline is no longer available at filling stations across the city. Officials said refueling is currently limited to fuel card holders, while diesel remains available in limited quantities at 8 gas stations. Novorossiysk is Russia's largest oil port. #Russia
🚨 BREAKING: ARMED MAN ENTERS CHABAD HEADQUARTERS IN BROOKLYN
A man armed with a knife and a baseball bat entered the main Chabad synagogue at 770 Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn, New York.
Bystanders quickly confronted him and forced him out before police arrived and arrested him.
Andrew Neil tears into Keir Starmer’s claim that Britain is better off under his premiership, warning his successor will inherit a minefield of political problems.
“A veritable pharmacy of poison pills for Mr Burnham.”
1346: longbows
1356: rear attack
1415: longbows
1495: plague, a pope, and supply lines
1525: their own stupidity
1672: flood the dykes
1704: two military geniuses
1805: one-eyed genius
1812: a Russian winter
1815: infantry squares and a stiff upper lip
1954: take the high ground
An easy win for a Burnham government: make this permanent, or at least make it permanently an option open to devolved authorities.
Good for growth, and good for UK urban life. There are mid-sized cities in eastern Germany with better post-11pm nightlife than London.
An absolute disgrace, spent many happy hours here in decades gone by . @LBofHounslow , get a grip and let the folks of this area enjoy what they have done for years and clean up your own dump of a backyard. Normal uk people want to sit outside enjoying a drink and a meal as old Father Thames laps in and out .Green stands for Mean , how can the populous be so dumb as to be taken in by yet another tree hugging dreamer .