I do wonder whether ‘protected designation of origin’ could apply to beer too. But alas, the brand is just commercial IP at the end of the day. Chewed up by the capitalist machine…

Bass is king! 🔺

Molson-Coors not good for UK brewing, but the water in Burton-On-Trent is up there with the best (take your point on water being purified though).

Burton snatch anyone?

Sounds like a massive job. I just bought an old house and replacing the sprawling pipe layout would make me die inside. Luckily it has a newish thermal store for a biomass(!) boiler.

What we talking here? Solar? Battery? Heat pump?

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I do wonder at what point the cost becomes unjustifiable?

The melody didn’t pop into my head until line 3.

I’m frankly appalled by the use of letter Z in this headline

You can get a 22kwh Renault Zoe for £3k, but you’re looking at a 10 year old car.

The cheapest new car you can buy in the UK is a Dacia Spring. £135 a month or £12k. 150miles range.

The technology is great and it has no competitors. No point beating yourself up about who led its development, when there’s no alternative.

Man, that aesthetic. Wonderful.

Bottom image is 2025

I think the first pic is from good street view. The second could well be default settings on whatever the camera model was.

I wandered down there just the other week, probably hadn’t been there since Covid and man, if there was ever a living, breathing reason to pedestrianise central London much as possible, this is it. It is really serene, relaxing and a pleasant spot to be.

It used to be one of those places you’d only walk past if you **had to **.

Superb stuff!