Southwark: Central London’s Civic Seriousness With a River View
Southwark: Central London’s Civic Seriousness With a River View | A Neighbourhood That Takes Responsibility Seriously
Month: June 2016
London Subway: A Masterclass In Collective Endurance
London Subway: A Masterclass In Collective Endurance | London Underground Explained As Transport And Philosophy
Chinese Spy Convictions
Chinese Spy Convictions Mark First Time Britain Successfully Located Anything Faster Than Lost Luggage at Gatwick Five Observations About Britain’s Most Improbable Intelligence Victory British intelligence reportedly solved the spy case in under three years, which Heathrow officials confirmed is still twice as fast as…
Crown Jewel London Tower Guarded Far Better Than Your Flat
Crown Jewel London Tower Guarded Far Better Than Your Flat | The crown jewel london tower display guards priceless regalia behind walls, ravens and Beefeaters, security the average Londoner can only envy.
The Expansion Of The British Empire: When Trade Became Global
The Expansion Of The British Empire: When Trade Became Global | How Britain Turned Influence Into Reach
Young People Continue Listening to Loud Music
Young People Continue Listening to Loud Music, Nation Quietly Wonders If This Is How Rome Fell London, September 1961. Reports continue to circulate that British youth are listening to music at a volume previously reserved for industrial accidents, prompting widespread concern that civilisation may now…
Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
Pembrokeshire Coast: Britain’s Only Coastal National Park Has Atlantic Seals, Medieval Castles, and a Coastline So Dramatic It Makes the Riviera Look Like It’s Not Trying ST DAVID’S — Pembrokeshire Coast National Park is Britain’s only exclusively coastal national park — 621 square kilometres of…
London 2021 Soccer: Empty Seats, Loud Opinions, Full Drama
London 2021 Soccer: Empty Seats, Loud Opinions, Full Drama | London 2021 Soccer Explained for Fans Watching From Sofas
Orlando Hotel Offers British Experience Without British Weather, British Prices, or British Requirement to Know Which Queue You Are In; Guests Report This as Improvement
Orlando Hotel Offers British Experience Without British Weather, British Prices, or British Requirement to Know Which Queue You Are In; Guests Report This as Improvement | London House Hotel, Florida, Provides Everything London Has Except the Tube Delays, the Housing Crisis, and the Specific Emotional Weight of Two Thousand Years of History; Reviews Are Positive
London Whinge: The Fine Art of Refined Complaint
London Whinge: The Fine Art of Refined Complaint | London Whinge and the Polite Performance of Discontent
David Attenborough Turning 100
Nation Celebrates David Attenborough’s 100th Birthday by Standing Perfectly Still Near a Hedge Across Britain yesterday, millions marked the 100th birthday of David Attenborough by quietly crouching beside hedges, ponds, and suspiciously active compost bins in an attempt to “experience nature properly.” The government’s official…
Britain’s National Parks
Britain’s National Parks: 75 Things We’ve Noticed That the Brochure Forgot to Mention Every national park in Britain has an official website, a visitor strategy, and a glossy leaflet featuring a lone walker silhouetted against a dramatic sky. None of them mention any of the…
The Isabella Plantation London: A Garden Of Blazing Colour
The Isabella Plantation London: A Garden Of Blazing Colour | The isabella plantation london is the secret woodland garden tucked inside Richmond Park, erupting each spring into blazing, hard-to-believe colour.
Theocratic Conservative Lean: A Stronger Sermon
Theocratic Conservative Lean: A Stronger Sermon | Sunday Services, A Slightly Anxious Bishop, Hot Water Bottle Morality
Travel Lodge London: No Frills, No Surprises, No Nonsense
Travel Lodge London: No Frills, No Surprises, No Nonsense | A travel lodge london offers a clean bed, a budget price and absolutely no pretension, delivering exactly what it promises and not one decorative cushion more.
The Barnett Formula: Britain’s Most Complained-About Funding System That Nobody Can Agree to Replace
The Barnett Formula: Britain’s Most Complained-About Funding System That Nobody Can Agree to Replace | How a Temporary Treasury Calculation From 1978 Became the Permanent Basis for Devolved Funding and a Reliable Source of Intergovernmental Grievance
Britain Mourns the Death of Earrings
Britain Mourns the Death of Earrings, Nation Enters Official “Accessory Recession” Based on the tragic, rhinestone-covered collapse of a retail empire Fifteen Observations From the Glittering Wreckage Britain has officially lost more earrings than it has patience. Economists confirm the UK economy was 63% dependent…
Chapel Market London: An Old-Fashioned Islington Market
Chapel Market London: An Old-Fashioned Islington Market | Chapel market london is the traditional street market anchoring its corner of Islington for over a century, a no-nonsense run of stalls and bargains.
Bethnal Green: East London’s Earnest Soul With a Market Memory
Bethnal Green: East London’s Earnest Soul With a Market Memory | A Neighbourhood That Remembers Everything
Trump Vs. “Islamonazi” Iran
Trump Vs. “Islamonazi” Iran Let’s get this straight first: Iran’s foreign minister says the nationwide protests turned “bloody and violent” not because government forces shot their own citizens — but because protesters wanted to give Donald Trump a reason to intervene. That’s right. According to…
Top 20 London Taxi and Uber Jokes
Top 20 London Taxi and Uber Jokes That’ll Cost You Extra After Midnight London’s taxi ecosystem is the most philosophically complex in the world. On one side: the black cab, a vehicle operated by someone who has spent four years learning every street in a…
Minarchism: Three Things, Quietly, Then Home
Minarchism: Three Things, Quietly, Then Home | The Night-Watchman State Is Also A Romance
London Zip Code System Designed to Reveal Class Without Speaking
London Zip Code System Designed to Reveal Class Without Speaking | London Zip Codes Explained as Social Sorting Mechanism
Britain’s Last Functional Train
Britain’s Last Functional Train Celebrates 14th Birthday at King’s Cross — Nation Attends With Emotional Support Snacks Five Things British Rail Travel Has Taught Us About the Human Condition 🚆🇬🇧 Britain now treats trains arriving on time the way medieval peasants treated comets: with awe,…
Visitor Packs for London in July; July Provides Four Seasons in Three Days; Visitor Considers This a Personal Attack
Visitor Packs for London in July; July Provides Four Seasons in Three Days; Visitor Considers This a Personal Attack | Travel Experts Confirm London Outfit Requires Layers, Waterproofing, and Psychological Acceptance That Your Hair Will Not Look the Way You Planned It for the Majority of the Trip
London Old Maps Now the Faded Charts That Show the City Changing
London Old Maps Now the Faded Charts That Show the City Changing | Centuries of maps reveal a metropolis forever rewriting itself
Britain Rebrands Military Recruitment as a “Vibe Year”
Britain Rebrands Military Recruitment as a “Vibe Year” for Teens Unsure About Uni, Life, or Ironing Defence Meets Personal Growth, With Less Yoga and More Push-Ups The pensions.
Sydenham Station
Sydenham Station | Rebrands as “South London’s Best Kept Secret” While Loudly Announcing Every Delay