Theresa May’s Brexit poker face
What happened re the U.K. in Brussels yesterday.
(tags: eu ukpolitics brexit )

Hungary’s actions speak louder than words
@ncjcampbell on Órban's war on NGOs.
(tags: hungary democracy )

Irish lost in translation
The European Parliament needs interpreters!
(tags: ireland irish eu )

FACT CHECK: Were Mysterious Caves ( Read more... )

Problemen Desiro tonen federaal wanbeleid NMBS
Long piece from August 2015 about rail policy, still relevant.
(tags: belgium rail )

TrainWorld, the new-ish train museum at the old Schaerbeek railway station in the north of Brussels, has been advertising a temporary Tintin exhibition, and F and I decided to go on the last afternoon of the year, yesterday ( Read more... )

Studies show messy people and those who swear may actually be smarter and more creative
Comforting?
(tags: psychology )

Mr Grayling is wrong about the Brexit dividend to station platforms
A glorious takedown.
(tags: ukpolitics eu rail brexit )

New crackdown on overseas students and work visas
...and you must publish how many foreigners you employ.
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An ode to the night train
How the EU has unintentionally killed romance.
(tags: travel rail eu )

The Real Power of Putin by Benjamin Nathans
Fascinating on the leader and his country.
(tags: russia )

The Eruditorum Press Doctor Who Poll
Vote! Vote! Vote!
(tags: doctorwho )

Jo Swinson: Why I now back all women shortlists Exactly.
(tags: libdems ukpolitics sexandgenderandsexuality ) NMBS to launch wi-fi pilot project on Ostend-Eupen line | Flanders Today At long last! (And on my line!)
(tags: Belgium rail technology ) Razzie Awards 2016 “Winners” Announced The worst of 2015 cinema.
(tags: films ) The 12 cognitive ( Read more... )

• Benefits man sanctioned by DWP for not looking for work while waiting to start work at.. the DWP
  Attacking your own footsoldiers??
  (tags: ukpolitics )
• The Shortest SF Story Ever, by Seth Chambers
  Ow.
  (tags: sf )
• First glimpse of lost library of Elizabethan polymath John Dee
  Nice pictures.
  (tags: historyofscience )
• So you'd like to get into highbrow ( Read more... )

• Belgian government phishing test goes off-track
  Oops.
  (tags: belgium hacking rail )
• Britain needs more slums « Adam Smith Institute
  Er, no. Actually, make that: Hell, no!
  (tags: ukpolitics housing )
• The Resource Curse (pdf)
  Long Chatham House paper on green growth and extraction-based economies.
  (tags: climatechange )
• I Wrote A Bot That Won Twitter ( Read more... )

• If Only We’d Just Spent More Blood and Treasure in Yemen
  @stephenwalt on making the same mistakes again.
  (tags: uspolitics waronterror )
• Know When To Run
  Fascinating inside account of Christmas 2014 King's Cross Station problems.
  (tags: london rail )
• The Solution of Susan
  Death's grand-daughter not included.
  (tags: cslewis doctorwho sf )
• WhoFest2: ( Read more... )

• Foxes performs 'Don't Stop Me Now' on board the Orient Express - Doctor Who
  "There's no stopping me!"
  (tags: doctorwho music video )
• The moving parts of the new European Commission
  In case you needed to know.
  (tags: eu )
• Old railway tunnels of Belgium
  What lies beneath.
  (tags: belgium rail )