On auction – Gandhi Artifacts Could Fetch Steep Prices (NPR)
Category: London
The show goes on
Live performances that hold up well also — do well! The Show Goes On (The Economist)
Golden Balls, Split-or-Steal, and other TV games
Some of the best game shows come from the U.K., don’t they? Golden Balls, Game Theory, … (scroll down to read the earlier post first) Notice the differences between this game and the Prisoners’ Dilemma. Additional reading, culled quickly: Split or…
The Tax Man
or “Taxman”, the first track on the Beatles’ album Revolver. The Beatles – Taxman, 2009 Stereo Remaster (YouTube) The Beatles – Taxman Lyrics (lyrics007) So who are Mr. Wilson and Mr. Heath? Why “one for you, nineteen for me”? “Taxman,” not a…
Tube Challenge-r
The Tube Challenge – visiting all 270 London Underground stations in the fastest time possible. Tube challenger pulls out all the stops in latest record attempt (BBC News) You’ll have to watch an advert first.
Maggie in detail
Many graphs for pre- and post-Thatcher years. A look back at Margaret Thatcher’s economic record (Washington Post) There’s video, too. Dissecting Margaret Thatcher’s economic policies (WonkTalk) Interesting discussion of differences in Treasury between U.S. and Britain, and much more.
Great fire of London
From Wikipedia Great Fire of London
On the street where you live
“The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was founded in John Millais’s parents’ house on Gower Street, London in 1848.” Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood My first indication of Gower Street‘s history has come from today’s NYTimes crossword, 16 Down: English poet who co-founded the Pre-Raphaelites.
A new class system
We’ll have to look at this in more detail. The story is a good intro, but there’s little to tell us why the new classification is useful. Britain’s Class System More Complicated Than Once Thought
Headlines for Cameron
It’s going to be interesting, in a few months, when we will read the London papers regularly. Twitter / soph1114: Bold front pages from … (The Mirror and The Guardian)