Friday, December 31, 2021

Things I noticed right at the end of 2021 (31 Dec 2021)

Levelling Down: First Past the Post's Impact on Regional Inequality

Treasury Shelves £30bln Plan to Electrify UK Railways

27 Courses, Very Little Edible

Matt Johnson: Five Keyboard Tricks I Use All The Time!

Man Accused of Chris Whitty Assault Contests Charges in Dressing Gown

Norway to stump up a third of each home's power bills to help deal with energy crisis

Belgian Artist Creates COVID Free Bubble


Monday, December 20, 2021

Things I noticed this week (20 Dec 2021):

Why Championship Chess Sets are So Expensive

'A trash heap for our children': How Norilsk became of the most polluted places on Earth

'Back to the bad old days': swingeing rail cuts set alarm bells ringing

Treasury Shelves £30bln Plan to Electrify UK Railways

Climate Change has destabilized the Earth's Poles, putting the rest of the planet in peril

The Least Used Paris Metro Station

He Voted to Impeach. Can He Survive in the G.O.P.? 

Who's watching? How governments used the pandemic to normalise surveillance

Peter Thiel's 'Free Speech for Race Science' Crusade at Cambridge University Revealed

Despite the Focus on Russell Group Institutions as drivers of social mobility, it is actually universities outside this group that are contributing most to social mobility

All That Sugar: The West India Docks

UbuWeb Sound: Sound Sculptures (1985)

Soft Machine: Moon in June (Bilzen Festival, Aug 22 1969)

Mozart: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 17, live from Teatro La Fenice

Chicken Madras being cooked at Bhaji Fresh, Warrington













Saturday, December 11, 2021

Things I noticed this week (11th Dec 2021)

Winter cab view from two of the most scenic railways in the world

Jonathan Karl: Betrayal with Peter Baker

Counting the neurological cost of COVID-19

Hackers are Spamming Businesses' Receipt Printers with 'Antiwork' Manifestos

Seven Egyptian Breakfast Dishes

Hold the tree planting: Protect ecosystems first for maximum carbon storage, study says

Reliving the New York Subway Map Debate

'Listening to Kenny G' is an Ironic Masterpiece

Glasgow's High Rise Flat Baggers

Monty meets Sly & Robbie: People Make the World Go Round











Sunday, December 05, 2021

Things I noticed this week (5th Dec 2021)


Ralph Humphrey/Chester Thompson - Zappa's More Trouble Every Day Drum Groove Analysis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8Hxsqr9DGE

Tehran 2021: Autumn Walk in Mellat Park
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFNuiKvqJr0

Coffee or Chai? At 2 Kolkata Cafes, ‘Adda’ Is What’s Really on the Menu
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/26/world/asia/india-kolkata-cafe-culture.html

Who can still afford to live in the city? 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPloUxLWfB8

QAnon Hero Michael Flynn Secretly Said QAnon is 'Total Nonsense'
https://www.thedailybeast.com/qanon-hero-michael-flynn-secretly-said-qanon-is-total-nonsense

Howard Jones: Hide and Seek, Live at Siyan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15-61RSFejc

The endless woes of Ferguson Marine
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/the-endless-woes-of-ferguson-marine

A stroll along the Dollis Valley Greenwalk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4olHz0QSa0I

Jonathan Pie at COP 26: The World's End
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23nDxPSIoAw

Cooking Campfire Pizza on the Sadj Grill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpfYDzOm6us








Sunday, November 28, 2021

Things I noticed over the last two weeks (28th November 2021)

After a brief hiatus, a bumper edition:


The Isle of Secrets: Orford Ness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg0ZIfM8tJU


What makes for the best villains in drama? Brian Cox/Economist podcast
https://www.economist.com/podcasts/2021/11/04/what-makes-for-the-best-villains-in-drama?


Highest Railway Station in Europe: Jungfraujoch, Switzerland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCiCO8YNuAw


Greenland's government bans oil drilling, leads indigenous resistance to extractive capitalism
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/greenlands-government-bans-oil-drilling-leads-indigenous-resistance-to-extractive-capitalism/


At the End of the World. it's Hyperobjects all the way down
https://www.wired.com/story/timothy-morton-hyperobjects-all-the-way-down/


Embarassing tank gaffe turns Cheshire remembrance into 'Dad's Army'
https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/dads-army-gaffe-cheshire-idea-22184994


A look at what sewage is doing to a beach in England
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9IpOcJqgX0

Support for populist sentiment falls all over Europe, survey finds
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/nov/18/support-for-populist-sentiment-falls-across-europe-survey-finds



Home Office covering up its own study of why refugees come to the UK


AOC: What's so hard about saying this is wrong? 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxiK3tGpHuE


Living in Poverty as Politicians Argue over Huge Salaries
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KibJsTOOvsI


James Garner as Marlowe: Grey Tweed Jacket
https://bamfstyle.com/2018/09/12/marlowe-garner-tweed/


Paisley Sunset, 27th November
https://youtu.be/diiX1wG7W6k


Jaques Pepin: Onion Soup
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yV9gLR1reGU










Sunday, November 14, 2021

Sunday, November 07, 2021

Things I noticed this week, 7th Nov 2021

These Climate Science Deniers are attending the COP26 climate summit

https://www.desmog.com/2021/11/03/heartland-cfact-cei-gwpf-climate-science-deniers-are-attending-the-cop26-climate-summit/


You want to see a modern country commit suicide? Take a hard look at Britain

https://eand.co/want-to-see-a-modern-country-commit-suicide-take-a-hard-look-at-britain-fdeb3ad4bd3c


Foreign Office secretly targeted British news outlets

https://www.thecanary.co/investigations/2021/11/03/exclusive-foreign-office-secretly-targeted-leading-british-news-outlets/


Mark Zuckerberg and Nick Clegg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWqa70DvD3s


Peter Millray - Time Machine (1976)

https://youtu.be/lHAXax4BDdUI


A castle for sale in North Ayrshire: probably some of the cheapest property (per square foot/acre) available in the UK...

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/81354984#/


David Lammy: the Tories think rules are for little people, not them

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/06/the-tories-reveal-yet-again-their-belief-that-the-rules-are-for-little-people-not-for-them


Transparency over emissions remains a sticking point at COP 26

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/06/transparency-over-emissions-remains-a-sticking-point-at-cop26


The Ahr Valley Flood

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct1gy6


The Filmmakers’ Hut, Salo, Finland

https://www.dezeen.com/2021/11/06/the-filmmakers-hut-pirinen-salo-finland/


Ibrahim Maalouf - Live in Istanbul

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le-e37ZMck8


A Ramen Cart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqCz5u4U9M4


November mushroom foraging

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7AN7j_STeE

Saturday, October 30, 2021

Things I noticed this week, 30th October 2021


Hey Facebook, I Made a Metaverse 27 years ago: it was terrible then, and it’s terrible now https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2021/10/facebook-metaverse-was-always-terrible/620546/

Brexit chaos: the crisis that shouldn’t be

https://www-blaetter-de.translate.goog/ausgabe/2021/november/brexit-chaos-die-krise-die-keine-sein-darf?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB&_x_tr_pto=nui#_ftn1


‘We’ve been hammered’: on the breadline in Burnley

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/oct/24/weve-been-hammered-on-the-breadline-in-burnley-covid-universal-credit


The BAM: Russia’s Unknown Trans-Siberian Train

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2d7kJPimyE


Glasgow imagines its post-covid future

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-28/glasgow-imagines-its-future-after-covid-and-cop26


Hey Facebook, I Made a Metaverse 27 years ago: it was terrible then, and it’s terrible now 

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2021/10/facebook-metaverse-was-always-terrible/620546/


An Energy System Fit for the Future? a report on the ownership structure of the Big Six energy companies

https://www.common-wealth.co.uk/reports/power-ahead-an-energy-system-fit-for-the-future


Russia strengthens its internet censorship powers     https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/22/technology/russia-internet-censorship-putin.html


Parliamentary Committee on Standards: Mr Owen Paterson

https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/7644/documents/79907/default/


An overlooked London walk - Erith to Dartford Creek

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhOD5-lzc2s


Dreamlands: stories of enchantment and excess in a search for lost sensations

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14744740211053613#.YXkXaN98j60.twitter


End of the Line for Uber? Accounting tricks and tech gimmickry… |

https://marker.medium.com/end-of-the-line-for-uber-901e3077bbbc


Saturday, October 16, 2021

Things I noticed this week, 16th October 2021

Lynsey Hanley: a home of our own: the story of Clough Close, Middlesbrough

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0010gxz


Performing Shakespeare in GTA V Online (thanks to Henry Bell for the link)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54sCXRvP3Y0


Just 20 visas issued to foreign lorry drivers, government admits

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/oct/13/just-20-uk-visas-issued-to-foreign-lorry-drivers-government-admits


UK rail firms move to shed thousands of jobs

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/oct/13/uk-rail-firms-move-to-shed-thousands-of-jobs-amid-covid-cost-cuts


Film: Banksters

https://vimeo.com/542074145


Salt and Pepper Pork Chops

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufciKMijGkk


Vinnie Colaiuta, Herbie Hancock, Marcus Miller, Joni Mitchell - Los Angeles, California, 2008

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKbol2dsBjQ


Sunday, October 10, 2021

Things I noticed this week, 10th October 2021


‘Sorry to Bother You’ and the psychological toll of modern capitalism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qd6xe5w-6Kw


The Brexit three card Monte 

https://chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-brexit-three-card-monte.html


A walk to the most dangerous path in Britain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKtzuW6iUrk


Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie (All-Star Ensemble)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqJjrtDFGpI


Tomates Farci: Stuffed Tomatoes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzCaY5vy0Sk


Monday, September 27, 2021

TINTW 27 Sept 2021

Chancellor Denis Healey and union leaders interviewed during the 'Winter of Discontent,' 1979

GB News is just a disaster. I came close to a breakdown: ANDREW NEIL | Daily Mail Online

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10026417/GB-News-just-disaster-came-close-breakdown-ANDREW-NEIL.html


Inside Music with Rhiannon Giddens

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001018q


The ARP 2600 Turns 50

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvIekWsTWH8


A visit to Real World Studios

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1YYbaLQN0Y


Johnny Harris Orchestra: Footprints on the Moon (1969)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sehXutM623A


Kollectiv: Kollectiv (1973)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4YXHLIh6mo


Six Thai Dinners you can make at home

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kB3sfLM29Y








Sunday, September 19, 2021

TINTW 19 Sept 2021

Why internet connections in Germany are so bad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jIUFdCkueA


One of America's Best Sommeliers Grades Boxed Wine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9XxVXczyzI


Three-decade-old Floating Head sculpture revived in Glasgow

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/sep/12/three-decade-old-floating-head-sculpture-revived-glasgow


Real time global COVID statistics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSDuco7vUnc


Fact Check: Are Nicki Minaj's Cousin's Friend's Testicles Gigantic Because Of The COVID Vaccine?

https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/fact-check-are-nicki-minajs-cousins-friends-testicles-gigantic-because-of-the-covid-vaccine/


A simple chow mein

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H63M4UkRtA


an intriguing cover version of the Sweeney! movie theme

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ykda6RIWgE


Saturday, September 11, 2021

TINTW 11th September 2021

20 Years after 9/11, the Twin Towers are everywhere

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-09-10/mapping-the-second-life-of-the-world-trade-center


September 11 attacked: Jon Snow remembers 9/11, 20 years on

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClPis-dMEEM


The disastrous voyage of Satoshi, the world’s first cryptocurrency cruise ship

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/sep/07/disastrous-voyage-satoshi-cryptocurrency-cruise-ship-seassteading


Fishing on the Russia - China border

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EonfMc9hoqQ


Deja vu: John Smith criticises Tory U-turn on National Insurance (June 1993)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uwu0Zc0vxs8


The secret life of a Michelin Guide inspector

https://www.forbes.com/sites/karlaalindahao/2019/10/23/the-secret-life-of-an-anonymous-michelin-restaurant-inspector-2019/


The UWS Arts and Media digital showcase 2021

http://uwsartsandmedia.com


Pat Metheny: First Circle - with the metropole orchestra

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97aLLHz14CQ


The UK Government has snubbed the legal commitment to achieve net zero by 2050

https://goodlawproject.org/update/government-legal-commitment/


Escoffier's poulet sauté Alice : minimum effort maximum joy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6vs2HkMt6o





Sunday, September 05, 2021

TINTW 5th September 2021

Scotland to trial a four day working week

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-58403087


The private-state school funding gap in England

https://www.common-wealth.co.uk/reports/why-are-some-children-worth-more-than-others


Inside the real Casa Bonita from South Park

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6k26GDq9_0


Trey Parker and Matt Stone buy Casa Bonita

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPJx_AeWIDI


Skanking with the Upsetter: Rare Dubs 1971 - 1974

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hVwwH8TDco


Arrivals at Heathrow, 3rd Sept 2021

https://news.sky.com/story/kids-screaming-and-men-fainting-passengers-complain-of-five-hour-lines-after-arriving-at-heathrow-12398905


Night Mail 2 - documentary, 1986

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzrrcfV-UWw


The Taking of Pelham One Two Three - soundtrack (David Shire, 1974)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f84e64g1ZMw


The UK’s last aerial ropeway

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RiYXI1Tfu4


Lousiana style red beans and rice recipe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxKqeC_6aBk


Sunday, August 29, 2021

TINTW 29 August 2021

 

Brexit closes major car plant, employees regret voting Leave

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aw3omZOZs0


Former British soldier on the official Afghanistan narrative

https://www.doubledown.news/watch/2021/august/24/former-british-soldier-destroys-official-afghanistan-narrative


Dark Side of the Moon: Wembley 1974

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6tYeg5Bj4g


Bach organ music on the 2021 Kogler Organ, Soumenlinna Church, in Helsinki

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3HvoLV3xZs


Hifi shop sketch from Not the Nine O’Clock News

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxQqWSnsHoA 


A railway journey from Oslo to Lillehammer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts_e2EyHU4I


Inside Lung King Been: The First Chinese restaurant to receive three Michelin stars

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JH_jNzDppo


Niklas Ekstedt: The Fire Chef

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LilNlzojtzw


Sunday, August 22, 2021

TINTW 22 August 2021

An interview with Pat Metheny

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEgalcH_-b4


Afghanistan before the Russian invasion (1979)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHPrU7R8L2Y


Vegetarian Pad Thai

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy_P70hXhdM


Living with brexit

https://chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2021/08/living-with-brexit.html


The very modest engineering genius Roy Gandy at Rega Research

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAM0itnCUac


Muddy Waters live in Chicago 1979

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRex0LHuRyA


The Ozark Mountain Daredevils

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6IMaFB_l1g


Saturday, August 14, 2021