Since everyone is talking about ‘Barbenheimer’, throwback to April 16, 1988 when Ghibli premiered their ‘Grave of the Totoros’ double-feature. Imagine seeing siblings enjoy a bountiful summer harvest, followed by siblings starve to death in war torn Japan.
Playing around with ONS' data on prices and this is something I hadn't realised before.
The variation in the price of a pint across England has increased *massively* in the last decade or so.
A great work from home tip is you should wear work clothes, not pyjamas to put you in a working mindset. I like to take that one step further and wear my goblin outfit, paint myself green and then I imagine if I don't do my daily goblin tasks I'll be punished by the Goblin King
David Cannadine: 4 distinct phases in image of Monarchy
pre-1820s-70s: "ineptly managed ritual"
1877-1914: the heyday of 'invented tradition'
1918-1953: British persuaded ourselves we were 'good at ceremonial because we always had been'
1953- :Decline as great power + Television