Monday 22 December 2014

Can you believe it?

1. The Mayor of London is Boris Johnson.
2. Men are legally allowed to marry men.
3. The biggest political force in Britain is led by Nigel Farage of UKIP.
4. The biggest vocal opponent to Nigel Farage is Russell Brand.
5. There are women bishops in the Church of England.
6. The Pope is not very Catholic (towards his Cardinals).
7. Blue Peter and many other children's programmes are no longer on BBC1.
8. The most powerful football clubs in England are Manchester City and Chelsea.
9. More people watch films on phones and video screens than in cinemas (according to the Orange "2-for-1" deal, soon to be scrapped.).
10.There are next to no phone boxes, only mobiles.

Wednesday 10 December 2014

Good Things: 28

Cinema coffee bars

Such a brilliant idea, and high time cinema chains thought of it, a throwback to the old days of cinema cafes/restaurants for shoppers. Also useful in that many of these town centre cinema coffee bars are open later hours to make town centres more people-friendly in the evenings.