One of the most successful stores on the High Street in the UK these days is John Lewis. Set up in 1864 by a certain John Lewis, who owned a drapery store, eventually just one store became a chain of department stores. Unusually, it became a partnership, in which the employees owned the company that [...]
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Angry Alien Productions do a fantastic 30-second bunny parody (sic) of many films, the latest of which is a spoof of Borat. Well, worth visiting, just remember your headphones if you’re in the office! Link: Borat spoof Angry Alien Productions
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A fantastic StumbleUpon entry this time round. Slinkatchu, an artist has created "Little People – a tiny street art project", which is a photography portfolio of hand made miniature figurines in the big, wide, everyday world. Take a look for a different perspective. Link:Little People – a tiny street art project
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Headline: A man was searched under the Terrorism Act 2000 at Monument Station this morning. That was me (and a few others coming out of the station this morning) as police make their presence known given that the trial of those allegedly behind the 21 July attempted bombings got under way yesterday, and fears of [...]
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This week has been one of the most stressful weeks in a very long time, and includes time at my old job when I used to work some very long hours. It started with the end of last week. First the stack pipe in our building had clogged and just so happened to be located [...]
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