Humphrey’s world: how the Samuel Smith beer baron built Britain’s strangest pub chain
theguardian.com/news/2024/dec/19/humphreys-world-how-the-samuel-smith-beer-baron-built-britains-strangest-pub-chainSince the 1970s, Humphrey Smith has acquired scores of pubs and historic properties around the UK. But time after time, he has left the buildings empty. Why has he allowed his empire to moulder?
‘A world first’: Devon calls victory in 27-year war on termites | Devon | The Guardian
theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/dec/21/a-world-first-devon-calls-victory-in-27-year-war-on-termitesSubterranean termite colony found under two bungalows in 1994 is declared terminated after ‘amazing cooperation’ of homeowners
The power of the pint: is it time to retire one of the world’s biggest beer measures? | Beer | The Guardian
theguardian.com/food/2024/sep/24/the-power-of-the-pint-is-it-time-to-retire-one-of-the-worlds-biggest-beer-measuresA study suggested last week that adopting a two-thirds serve could improve public health. But is the pint really the problem?
Socialist Imaginaries and Queer Futures: Memes as Sites of Collective Imagining from Post Memes: Seizing the Memes of Production on JSTOR
jstor.org/stable/j.ctv11hptdx.17Thomas Hobson, Kaajal Modi, Socialist Imaginaries and Queer Futures:, Post Memes, pp. 327-352
The Radical Design of PizzaExpress
vittles.substack.com/p/the-radical-design-of-pizzaexpressHow one chain changed the way we eat. Words by Digby Warde-Aldam; Illustration by Sinjin Li
Boris Johnson Knows Exactly What He’s Doing - The Atlantic
theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/07/boris-johnson-minister-of-chaos/619010/(Several of Johnson’s advisers agreed to be candid in exchange for anonymity.) In an early phone call with Joe Biden, an aide told me, Johnson said he disliked the phrase special relationship after the president used it. To Johnson it seemed needy and weak.
The rise, fall, and rise of the status pineapple - BBC News
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-53432877For a couple of centuries, the British were in an unlikely frenzy for the exotic fruit.
May ends her premiership as she started it: With the greatest lie of all
politics.co.uk/blogs/2019/05/24/may-ends-her-premiership-as-she-started-it-with-the-greatestTheresa May leaves Downing Street speaking of compromise and moderation - values she did noting to promote.
Against “sensible” politics | Prospect Magazine
prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/against-sensible-politics-independent-group-centrist-charlotte-rileyIn spite of the fact most people think their own politics are "sensible," appeals to common sense are mostly about preserving the status quo—however broken it is
Postcodes.io
postcodes.io/Free Postcode API for Addresses in Great Britain
Direct aid, subsidies, tax breaks – the hidden welfare budget we don’t debate | Politics | The Guardian
theguardian.com/politics/2015/jul/07/direct-aid-subsidies-tax-breaks-the-hidden-welfare-budget-we-dont-debateVast sums are handed out in corporate welfare, and official silence is skewing the debate, so the public don’t know where billions of their own taxes are going