As a Brit I accept that I don't have American style freedom of speech.
But I do have the freedom to hang my washing up outside, unlike most of you Americans with your HOA rules.
How often do you think about how Denmark is building a railway tunnel to Germany that will reduce travel time for people by two hours and massively decrease freight distances? Under construction now and due to be finished in 2029. More or less than the Roman Empire?
Train drivers are paid significantly more than bus drivers, but 70% of Britons think that being a bus driver is the harder job to do - only 12% think being a train driver is harder
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The University of Hull is to close its chemistry department.
It said student numbers were "so low that these courses are no longer sustainable".
The chemistry department was rated the fourth best in the UK in The Guardian's University Guide 2024.
Ciabatta was invented in Italy in 1982 to stop French baguettes from taking over Italian bakeries.
Ploughman's lunch was created in the 1960s by the British Milk Marketing Board to sell more cheese.
Fondue very similar.
What other invented foods are there I should know about?
