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Catherine Fletcher
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Writing history, usually in Manchester, when possible in Italy. 'Renaissance skulduggery' - The Guardian. THE ROADS TO ROME out now. Coming April 26: THE FIREARM REVOLUTION.
(This is a pretty fair historical use - both of them worked in the defence sector as we now call it.)
November 27, 2025 at 6:19 AM
They're apparently doing a selection of passengers but not everyone, so I hope they leave late-runners alone.
November 26, 2025 at 11:02 AM
That does not surprise me.
November 26, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I don't have checked baggage, so let's hope!
November 26, 2025 at 10:45 AM
In my favour: I have done it faster before. Against me: new biometric registration thingy for the Schengen Zone.
November 26, 2025 at 10:41 AM
François Cardarelli's Encyclopedia of Scientific Weights and Measures is very good for this, and iirc the relevant chapter is on his website as a free sample
November 24, 2025 at 8:38 AM
My guess is that he's having a protein shake
November 24, 2025 at 8:23 AM
For sure. I think this is an important issue to report on, since it's evidently affecting women's lives, but the reporting could be done more carefully.
November 23, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Exactly. There needed to be some tougher questions for those app businesses.
November 23, 2025 at 10:24 AM
It ends up effectively promoting apps where the business model relies on women feeling afraid in situations where they have relatively little need to be.
November 23, 2025 at 10:22 AM
They wave you through the lines for free at European airports if you're running late - you don't have to pay. I once did a Schiphol connection in 25 minutes (i.e. not getting off Plane 1 until Plane 2's boarding had officially closed).
November 23, 2025 at 8:31 AM
no but Andy Burnham has the designs ready to go when the Labour leadership battle kicks off
November 22, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Exactly zero, in fact when I got a hysterectomy my sex life only came up when *I* took the initiative to ask the consultant if there were any side effects on that front I should consider before I went ahead.
November 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Also, dreadful questionnaire design, no doubt deliberately, so I did a lot of 'don't know' replies on the multiple choice due to not being able to explain reasoning behind answers
November 22, 2025 at 11:06 AM
And that criminal convictions should be treated as spent in the same way for immigrants as citizens
November 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM