We've often discussed criminal accents in shows and movies, usually Scottish or Irish but I was just watching the Forever Knight episode 'Queen of Harps' and I had to stop to ask just what the frell kind of Welsh accent that's supposed to be?! Not only does the modern day Welsh Lord sound Scottish, so does the woman with the harp in the flashback ( ( Read more... )

It's not like me to get political very often, but I felt I couldn't let this pass without comment. This evening there was a Party Political Broadcast on all five major UK channels. For the BNP. Now I'm all for freedom of speech, and I accept that it means that the douchbags of the world get a voice as well as the sane people but I find it hard to ( Read more... )

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Until January of this year I worked at World Museum Liverpool, but my contract was not renewed, along with those of about eighty others. This is why I'm currently working in a shitty shop job instead of the heritage sector and why I'm back at my parents in Dorset rather than Liverpool. (For those unfamiliar with UK geography Dorset is about ( Read more... )

To everyone ( Read more... )

First off, where is everyone? T'Internet seems to be doing an excellent impression of the Marie Celeste the last few days, v. odd ( Read more... )

I just went to the Prime Minister petition website to sign a petition to prevent Ancient History A level being dropped by the curriculum and discovered a worringly large number of people want creationism to be taught in UK state schools. There were FIVE seperate petitions to this effect, one of which had over 16,000 signatures. There were only two ( Read more... )