Enjoying a day off walking, John Rogers takes to the tidal Roding in a coracle and narrowly avoids becoming a sacrifice to the river god. John has a Patreon account to support his videos and blogs at The Lost Byway.
Taylor's was a chip shop and fish restaurant in Adam and Eve Street, Market Harborough. Some claimed it was one of the oldest chippies in the country, and for that reason it got mentioned in guidebooks even though it was nothing special. It's old premises are now occupied by the (highly recommended) Duncan Murray Wines and the ghost sign it is remembered by has been restored. The same thing was done for the Freeman, Hardy & Willis sign in town a few years ago, and the district council is inviting suggestions for other ghost signs that would benefit from this ...
Welcome to the latest in my occasional series highlighting interesting findings from academic research. Today it's another piece of research from Florian Foos, who I recently did a podcast with looking at the evidence into what does and doesn't work in election campaigning. He's got a new working paper out with three colleagues, looking at how social media adverts in the UK failed to raise electoral registration: We provide evidence from three digital trials that show that social media campaigns were ineffective at registering groups of under-registered voters, studied at two separate UK elections... The studies were also conducted by ...
The most shambolic party in Wales at the moment has to be the Welsh Conservatives, and that is quite something given the state of the others. The cause of the Tories' dissarray has to be put at the feet of their Senedd leader, Andrew R.T. Davies, who seems determined to be a disruptor rather than an alternative government, and whose attempts to mirror his UK counterparts has left some of his colleagues exposed and backtracking on their previous positions. Wales on line helpfully points out that the Welsh Tories had supported (and voted for) the Welsh Government's 20mph speed limit ...
DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL - WEEKLY ROAD REPORT REPORT FOR THE WEST END WARD - WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 4 SEPTEMBER 2023 Brown Street (south of Douglas Street) - closed for 13 months until May 2024 for construction works. Seafield Road, Dundee - closed from its westmost end (in cul-de-sac) extending for a distance of no more than 20 metres in an easterly direction to facilitate a site access for a new housing development. Commencing Tuesday 22 August 2023 for 15 months. Rockfield Crescent - closed between Hyndford Street and Marchfield Road for carriageway resurfacing commencing 4 September for 5 days. Forthcoming ...
