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That's painful. Although better than being stuck somewhere.

She certainly is. Excellent news for Northern Ireland and the Museums Association.

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Possible in theory but lots of constraints in practice: archaeology (remains of Montagu House), major underground service routes, emergency services routes etc. Also would need major alterations to the Great Court to handle the transition in level. And would still need a pavilion at Montague Place.

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Not the first time that Barnsley has been the subject of improbable proposals. Yet Will Alsop's 'Tuscan' vision is credited with catalysing some regeneration. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... (Model on display in Experience Barnsley museum)

It's a very useful website. I know the station from my time living in Birmingham and walking from the Shakespeare Line.

www.warwickshirerailways.com/gwr/gwrdt283...

It's very good.

‘Under the stuff I can’t throw out is the stuff my parents couldn’t throw out’: novelist Anne Enright on the agony of clearing her family home Would saying goodbye to every last newspaper clipping, button and book her parents had saved over decades help her mourn?

Did you read Anne Enright on this very subject?

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This is an exceptional week. However the trains have worked, which is not a given at any time and especially not in January.

If it's any consolation, I haven't been home since I saw you. Although will be soonish.

Though I'd suggest to you that an AI version of Clippy is to be avoided at all costs.

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More people are talking about science than ever, but fewer know what to think about it. Read our reflections on @ukri.org latest Public Attitudes to Science survey, published today:
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What did they think of your poem?

(I'm assuming Taggart wasn't your choice of word.)

"You'd never say that the Rea was an angry river, but it's definitely niggled." - Barbara Nice

The serious point is that the development of canals and steam power, and the proximity of coal meant Birmingham was able to develop as an industrial settlement despite the lack of a navigable river.

View from a high point with snow on the ground over large green fields with stone walls, under a blue sky. There are small reservoirs in the middle distance and more hills on the horizon.

Agree. I went up Pendle Hill in Lancashire today (and then down the other side, very carefully).

I rarely go to the cinema these days, and the fact that many films clock in at 100 mins plus is definitely one factor. In fact the last time I went was the centenary reissue of Battleship Potemkin with Pet Shop Boys score, tightly made at 74 mins.

No, just curious. Going non-stop on the Settle and Carlisle would largely frustrate me that I wasn't going walking.

I've been a fan since day 1. I once met Judith Chernaik when I worked for Camden Libraries and she was a borrower. I'm not sure I can pick a single poem, but this is one of many that, at one time or other, had deep meaning for me.

poemsontheunderground.org/the-unpredic...

Lots of very well chosen international maps that were new to me. Also nicely inclusive of indigenous and queer perspectives.

What didn't quite work?

LEGO 6480 Hook and Ladder Truck Comprehensive information about LEGO 6480 Hook and Ladder Truck, a Town set released in 1986.

I'm old enough to remember having bricks with lights and sound (that fire engine is concealing a 9V battery): brickset.com/sets/6480-1/...

An interesting recent article by William Whyte states that the porch was added after 1905: "Detmar Blow and Fernand Billerey... built a smart new porch surmounted by a cabin in a sort of Baroque take on Soane."

ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid...

More usually attributed to inspiration from Soane: www.soane.org/features/sir...

Whether it will be effective after a little more snow falling subsequently tonight is unclear. Take care, anyway.

I saw a contractor spraying de-icer (I guess) along the Chorlton cycleway earlier. Unfortunately spotted too late to get a picture.