briantrumpet
Timewaster
Paris, 2002 (the Bourne Identity)
Paris, 2026
Paris, 2026
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briantrumpet
Timewaster
A good article on Paris's transformation under Hidalgo.
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2026-paris-transformed-hidalgo/
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2026-paris-transformed-hidalgo/
briantrumpet
Timewaster
😉
Fancy... a left wing challenge in the Labour Party! What's the world coming to?
Fancy... a left wing challenge in the Labour Party! What's the world coming to?
briantrumpet
Timewaster
Ha. This is a very good friend of mine, an ex-pupil. Insanely talented.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/ar...5TjlT5j/the-tune-into-nature-music-prize-2026
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/ar...5TjlT5j/the-tune-into-nature-music-prize-2026
icowden
Pharaoh
Great tune. I like a bit of humour in my songs. Reminded me a bit of Minchin with the word play and sort of beat poetry aspect.
briantrumpet
Timewaster
Just listening now. Ha, grinning ear to ear, knowing that all the musical sounds there are Will's (vocals, trombone and tuba), and he produced everything at home.
He has an unstoppable sense of humour, and excels at pretty much everything he does. When he was 12 he took a year off school to star as Oliver. Casually mentioned he was playing a leading role in a local Shakespeare production while he was preparing for A-levels. Oxford graduate in Physics, then won the top award when he did his teacher training.
icowden
Pharaoh
Is he also annoyingly likeable?
briantrumpet
Timewaster
You guessed it.
I've known a number of young people whom I've taught or had the pleasure of working with as musicians who not only are ridiculously brainy and talented, but who are impossible to dislike because they are so bloody nice too. As you say, kind of annoying to a normal mortal.
briantrumpet
Timewaster
Meloni loses the referendum on weakening Italian courts' independence.
https://www.politico.eu/article/italy-pm-giorgia-meloni-set-to-narrowly-lose-referendum/
"Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Monday lost a high-stakes referendum on justice reform, according to official results. With almost all of the votes counted, some 53.74 percent of people opposed Meloni’s proposed reforms, with 46.26 percent supporting them. Conceding the vote, Meloni posted on X: “The Italians have decided. And we respect this decision. We will carry on, as we always have, with responsibility, determination, and respect for the Italian people and for Italy.”
https://www.politico.eu/article/italy-pm-giorgia-meloni-set-to-narrowly-lose-referendum/
"Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Monday lost a high-stakes referendum on justice reform, according to official results. With almost all of the votes counted, some 53.74 percent of people opposed Meloni’s proposed reforms, with 46.26 percent supporting them. Conceding the vote, Meloni posted on X: “The Italians have decided. And we respect this decision. We will carry on, as we always have, with responsibility, determination, and respect for the Italian people and for Italy.”
briantrumpet
Timewaster
A very interesting thread on zebra crossings on side junctions, following the change in the Highway Code about allowing pedestrians to cross. In a trial in Westminster, compliance changed from 20/30% to 80% once the crossings were painted on the side roads.
https://skywriter.blue/@westminster-lcc.bsky.social/3mhqyz7uyks2s
https://skywriter.blue/@westminster-lcc.bsky.social/3mhqyz7uyks2s
Ian H
Shaman
Chris Boardman has campaigned for those.
icowden
Pharaoh
Well if this doesn't qualify for the good news thread, nothing does:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9q58xq9lxzo
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9q58xq9lxzo
briantrumpet
Timewaster
Gosh, that's some story.
