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bizarre detail from the nyt (I’m not amongst the 6)
“Vue, a major European cinema operator, is offering nine showings (451 seats in all) at its multiplex in York, England, from Friday through Sunday, one analyst noted. As of Wednesday, it had sold six seats.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/b...
Have Grant Shapps joined both parties?
I agree ban the over 16s
In 1930 the OSCAR for best actor went to an actor portraying which British PM?
Is there a link between Arnold Wesker the DC comics Batman ventriloquist and Arnold Wesker the disgruntled / brilliant playwright?
C'mon... admit it was you.
Stumbled upon this 1966 Joseph Strick film of hecklers at the 1964 General election. Amazing footage of hecklers and politicians in creative dialogue. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
Why do I instinctively dislike it when people claim a city is really just a number of villages?
Oh no. I consumed plenty of Hayes on LBC back in, you know, the day. radiotoday.co.uk/2025/11/form...
A very comprehensive and informed analysis (as usual) from the Wonkhe team, helpfully putting the pieces of the English jigsaw in one place.
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A spoonful of... I mean a pinch of
Looks interesting
How to finance old age has been a problem since the inception of Britain’s welfare state. Why is #pensionreform so difficult?
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Andy Burnham?
I’d also be interested to see polling differentiating between the willingness of ex-Labour voters to hold their noses and vote Labour vs. ex-Labour members to return to the fold.
For many (not all), leaving Labour is a last resort, deep decision. A key cord is cut & that release can feel visceral.
I hear ya'
Be nice for the emirates to get a bit of noise
Interesting that the BBC is no.2. I’ve always been a fan of the weather channel: today.yougov.com/politics/art...
It’s in London in ‘27
An AI is spreading the rumour that the University of Yorkshire is planning on renaming AI, Aye Up.
Things I only just learned. Rachel Bowlby, the brilliant scholar of shopping (and other things), is the other Bowlby's progeny. Who knew? Presumably everyone but me. I blame the parents.
