Links tagged with “uk”
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theprintspace | Art Printing | High Quality Photo Prints
Someone recommended this place for getting prints of photos, but I forget who.
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Brick Borrow
UK-based subscription LEGO set rental.
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HOW do the British eat peas? - forks prawns TheBritish | Ask MetaFilter
Even more entertaining than I expected.
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Please Please Just Fuck Off With This Bullshit: Lamacq & Whiley & The Lie Of ‘Britpop’
If you love a good rant, Neil Kulkarni has a good one for you…
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Notes on operating fediverse services (Mastodon, Pleroma etc) from an English law point of view - decoded.legal: Internet, telecoms and tech law decoded.
No DCMA to deal with like those in the US, but possibly some other things. (via rachelcoldicutt)
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Amid the mourning, we republicans should look and learn – but we must not be silenced | Clive Lewis | The Guardian
I’m not reading much about [waves hands] all this, but yes to all of this.
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I’m an expert in crowd behaviour – don’t be fooled that everyone queueing in London is mourning the Queen | Stephen Reicher | The Guardian
Good on the many motivations, and the chilling effect of the media’s simplistic reporting of them. (via @mik3yb)
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‘A massive betrayal’: how London’s Olympic legacy was sold out | Olympic legacy | The Guardian
I am shocked, shocked! that the Olympics wasn’t a great way to redevelop part of London. Who could possibly have guessed.
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Covid. — Roden Newsletter Archive
Craig Mod on catching covid while in England. The non-mask-wearing here continues to baffle me.
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Jonathan Meades · Hatpin through the Brain: Closing Time for the Firm · LRB 9 June 2022
On the British monarchy.
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Do the verdicts in the trial of the Colston 4 signal something wrong with our jury system? 10 things you should know – The Secret Barrister
A really clear description of all the possible reasons the verdict could have been “not guilty”. (via FaveJet)
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Map Finder - with Outlines - National Library of Scotland
I’m sure I’ve seen this before, but I always forget it. Browsable historical Ordnance Survey maps of the UK.
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Bench Mark Database
Database of bench marks that were used by Ordnance Survey to position their levelling staves.
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Snub TV (UK) - YouTube
All the episodes of this 1989-91 show which I assume I watched, given I watched a lot of Def II. (via Web Curios)
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Place-based carbon calculator
It was interesting to spend a while poking around at the stats for our area. Lots of overlays and things to look at. Generally, our area’s below average. (via Web Curios)
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Oh Hello Ana - So I am now a naturalised citizen…
Even a smooth and successful testing and application process sounds like a stressful, expensive hassle. Nations are weird things aren’t they. (Congrats Ana!)
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Alternatives to The Guardian - news | Ask MetaFilter
Some suggestions but, unsurprisingly and unfortunately, there’s no one good leftish, UK-based, news source.
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Peter Geoghegan · Cronyism and Clientelism · LRB 5 November 2020
Depressing piece from November on the UK’s kleptocracy.
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Mastdata Map
Potentially useful UK mobile coverage maps (although it shows zero coverage for most services around us, when there is at least some).
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Explore georeferenced maps - Map images - National Library of Scotland
A lot of old OS maps as tiled overlays on modern maps.
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Intaglio Printmaker | Intaglioprintmaker
Online shop for tools and materials, based in SE1.
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ONS Basemaps Comparison
Nice way to compare places in the UK on new and old maps.
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An Oral History of Dominic Cummings’s Barnard Castle Scandal
“The Bishop of Manchester: I love the meme with the eye chart, where all the letters spell out Barnard Castle. That’s my favourite meme.” That meme was me me.
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LifeSplat.com
UK retirement calculator that looks different from the usual. Would be nice if some of the assumptions could be tweaked.
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Ewyas Lacy Study Group
Quite deep local history site, very near us.
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The Quietus | Opinion | Black Sky Thinking | The Many Faces Of Housekeeping: How Wealth & Privilege Are Distorting Underground Music
The fourth DJ “… appears positively relatable by comparison, having merely been a director at Citibank for 13 years before launching his own investment fund.”
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Instant Class – Popula
A nice piece on British coffee and class signifiers. (via Mark Hurrell)
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Sweet Moderation, Heart of this Nation
On why Britain, its media, and Rory Stewart aren’t moderate and centrist. (via @markhurrell)
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Fred’s Shed
Came across this ages ago and forgot the name. Now I’ve found it again. Garden and DIY tool recommendations from Fred.
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How bad can it get? (London Review of Books)
Good, but not much hope about UK politics. But I learned an excellent word: “rhodomontade”, extravagant boasting. Word of the year.
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BobFromBrockley: The RCP’s long march from anti-imperialist outsiders to the doors of Downing Street
No it’s all fine I’m sure.
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Die, Workwear! - The Amazing Style of British Cyclists
Lovely photos, and story, of off-road cyclists in the 1950s in the UK, members of The Rough-Stuff Fellowship. Nice normal clothes.
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Ruining a country near you soon: the beta males who think they’re alphas | Marina Hyde | Opinion | The Guardian
I could link to every Marina Hyde column, so take this excellent example as a placeholder for all of them.
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The invention of Essex: how a county became a caricature | News | The Guardian
Where I’m from. I’m wondering if this is a Zazzle strategy by the Guardian — they’ll now produce a clickbaity article on every UK county.
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10 UK Brands You Should Know - Carryology
From the UK “carry scene”.
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Mithering about the unmodellable
On the difficulties of modelling how Parliament works, and the pros and cons of doing so. (via @markhurrell)
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The Great Diary Project
Archiving personal diaries. (via Things mag)
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George Duoblys · One, Two, Three, Eyes on Me! · LRB 5 October 2017
On the “efficient” teaching and disciplinary methods used in some London secondary schools. Sounds grim.
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OpenBenches - by @edent & @summerbeth
I’m so glad this exists because (a) it’s a lovely thing and (b) I just had the same idea and now I don’t have to make it.
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Inappropriate Gavels
A relentlessly-focused campaign. I approve! (via @gwire)
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Walton’s Telephone Exchange | Walton Tales
Nice reminisces of an Essex telephone exchange in the 1960s.
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Blackhorse Lane Ateliers | Selvedge & Raw Denim Jeans | Made In London
Jeans (and more) made in London, plus workshops to make your own. (via Die Workwear)
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Tom Crewe · What will be left?: Labour’s Prospects · LRB 18 May 2017
Slightly out of date opinion poll-wise, but I liked this as a summary of where Labour is and how we, as a country, got here.
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‘London Bridge is down’: the secret plan for the days after the Queen’s death | UK news | The Guardian
Really good. So, so many details. I felt surprisingly sad and oddly proud.
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David Runciman reviews ‘Theresa May’ by Rosa Prince · LRB 16 March 2017
I haven’t had much of a sense of what May is about, what makes her tick. This article seems to have an interesting set of ideas about it.
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My investment-tracking spreadsheet | FIRE v London
Fairly complex spreadsheet for tracking investments across multiple (UK) trading accounts.
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The Strange Death of Municipal England (London Review of Books)
A good read, especially if you’re feeling all full of optimism about a new year and need to be brought crashing back to earth.
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Headshot Hunter | Compare Actor Headshot Photographers
I’m not sure why I’m surprised this exists, but it does. The search/browse form’s a bit confusing, but still.
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A GDS Story | Government Digital Service
Really nice as a chronicle of an evolving service’s history. It’s so easy to lose this stuff. Especially great that it has lots of old screenshots, sketches, photos etc. It’d be good if more organisations and companies found time to do this kind of thing. (via @gilest)
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U.K. Cinemas : London
Seating capacities of different screens. (via antimega)