The Toleration Act: England Allows More Prayer But Keeps The Keys
The Toleration Act: England Allows More Prayer But Keeps The Keys | How Nonconformists Won Limited Freedom In 1689 While Catholics And Full Equality Were Left Waiting Outside
Month: September 2016
London Heathrow Airport Continues Functioning Like a Nation-State
London Heathrow Airport Continues Functioning Like a Nation-State | London Heathrow Airport Explained to People Who Brought Snacks
Prince William’s “Just One Of The Lads” Rebrand
Prince William Seen At Football Match Again As Monarchy Continues “Just One Of The Lads” Rebrand LONDON — The Prince of Wales was spotted at Wembley Stadium on Saturday wearing the look of a man simultaneously at a football match and slightly conscious of being…
The House of Commons: Six Hundred and Fifty People Shouting at Each Other in a Room Too Small to Fit Them
The House of Commons: Six Hundred and Fifty People Shouting at Each Other in a Room Too Small to Fit Them | Britain’s Democratic Heart: A Medieval Chamber, Adversarial Benches, and a Speaker Whose Main Job Is Telling Grown Adults to Sit Down
Strong State Conservatism: Bracing Hugs From Whitehall
Strong State Conservatism: Bracing Hugs From Whitehall | Small In Spirit, Large In Shoulders, Loud Before Breakfast
Streets Of London Role Playing
The Great Streets of London Roleplay Revolution Britain Finally Discovers a Way to Simulate Real Life Without Actually Going Outside London has always been famous for theatre. Shakespeare wrote plays. Dickens wrote novels. And now, in the proud tradition of British storytelling, thousands of modern…
Britain Discovers New Medical Procedure: Post-Surgery Lecture on Identity Politics Nation Stunned to Learn That Saving a Life Is Now the Controversial Part The political class of Britain gathered this week around a very serious topic: the rise of “extreme views” on race, identity, and…
Lunar New Year
Lunar New Year Family Dinner Declared Extreme Sport After 800 Million Parents Ask “So… Grandchild When?” BEIJING — The annual Spring Festival migration has once again produced the world’s largest human movement, narrowly beating salmon swimming upstream and LinkedIn users updating job titles simultaneously. This year’s migration clocked 9.03…
TfL Upgrades 2026
TfL Upgrades 2026: London Promises New Trains Before the Sun Burns Out London has announced transport upgrades for 2026, which in municipal time means “imminently, in a geological sense.” According to the latest grand unveiling reported by the Evening Standard, the capital is preparing for shiny new…
Brockley: South East London’s Quiet Flex That Pretends Not to Notice You
Brockley: South East London’s Quiet Flex That Pretends Not to Notice You | A Neighbourhood That Improved Slowly and Now Won’t Shut Up About It
Backyard Comedy Club Bethnal Green
Backyard Comedy Club Bethnal Green | West End Shows at East End Prices — Built From Pallets, Delivering World Class
Mill Hill London: A Hilltop Village Near The Country
Mill Hill London: A Hilltop Village Near The Country | Mill hill london is the leafy, surprisingly rural suburb spread across a hill in north London, a village-like district of old lanes and green fields.
Muse Collectors of London
Muse Collectors of London Becomes Fastest Growing Club in Britain as Artists, Musicians, and Writers Admit They Need Help Finding Inspiration Membership Surges After Hundreds Realise Their “Creative Process” Was Just Staring Out Windows — and 1,219 Women Decide They’d Rather Be the Inspiration Than…
London Legends Now the Myths and Tales That Haunt the City’s Streets
London Legends Now the Myths and Tales That Haunt the City’s Streets | From ravens to ghosts, ancient stories cling to the capital
Best Pubs In London England Search Triggers Civil War As Everyone Defends Their Own Local To The Death
Best Pubs In London England Search Triggers Civil War As Everyone Defends Their Own Local To The Death | A London council reports the search for the best pubs in London England is unwinnable – every Londoner’s local is the only right answer. Mock-news.
How Dumb is Hentai?
Hentai: The Hobby That Requires Both Headphones and Curtains Hentai is fascinating because it’s the only entertainment genre where the viewer behaves like they’re defusing a bomb. You don’t watch hentai. You monitor it. One hand on the mouse. One ear on the hallway. Soul halfway between…
Manchester City To London: The Great North-South Migration
Manchester City To London: The Great North-South Migration | The manchester city to london journey carries northerners south into a capital they are more or less obliged to find overpriced and standoffish.
Thomas Wolsey: When One Man Became The Entire Management Structure
Thomas Wolsey: When One Man Became The Entire Management Structure | How A Cardinal Ended Up Running Almost Everything
The British Civil Liberties Tradition: Rights, Freedoms, and the Persistent Tendency to Remove Them When Inconvenient
The British Civil Liberties Tradition: Rights, Freedoms, and the Persistent Tendency to Remove Them When Inconvenient | Habeas Corpus, the Bill of Rights, the Human Rights Act, the Snoopers Charter, Protest Restrictions, and the Gap Between Britain’s Self-Image and Its Surveillance Legislation
Britain’s Role in Iran Nuke Heist
Allies Ask Britain’s Role in Iran Nuke Heist; Britain Quietly Checks Train Times Back to Basra LONDON — Senior British defence officials were thrown into a mild but unmistakable panic this week after American allies enquired, with what sources described as “pointed friendliness,” precisely what…
Dating Apps Give British Singles Access
Dating Apps Give British Singles Access to Every Possible Partner — They Have Chosen to Stay In New Research Finds Choice Overload Leads to No Choice Whatsoever LONDON — Science has confirmed what anyone who has spent forty-five minutes swiping on a Thursday evening already…
The British Army of Lawyers: Legal Aid, the Bar, Solicitors, the Magic Circle, and the Justice System’s Most Expensive Participants
The British Army of Lawyers: Legal Aid, the Bar, Solicitors, the Magic Circle, and the Justice System’s Most Expensive Participants | How the Legal Profession Governs Itself, Who Can Afford It, and the Transformation of Law Into a Service Industry
Holloway: Where London Debates Itself Out Loud
Holloway: Where London Debates Itself Out Loud | A Loudly Earnest Satire of Holloway’s Arguments, Energy, and Refusal to Whisper
London Bridge: Where London Crosses Itself and Means It
London Bridge: Where London Crosses Itself and Means It | A Structural Satire of London Bridge’s History, Hustle, and Permanent Through-Traffic
Third Way: Slogan, Pastries, And A Wireless Mic
Third Way: Slogan, Pastries, And A Wireless Mic | New Labour Was A Golden Afternoon
London Jelly Strain: Cannabis With A Marketing Accent
London Jelly Strain: Cannabis With A Marketing Accent | London Jelly Strain Explained As Hype With Terpenes