I used to defend them, and then the meagre amounts of stuffing vanished from the LNER ones, and I'm now firmly in the "I don't like metal ribs pressed into my rear" camp

It was designed by the Milburn brothers, just like the attached post. They're most known for designing many of the Empire cinemas including Sunderland's own.

It was renamed the Millfield Cinema by 1933 and was part of the Hinge circuit after the war. I feel like a broken record, but by the late 50s this became a bingo club, and more recently became a snooker club.

Starmer's biggest problem is the more you see of him, see patterns and understand him as a person, the more shockingly awful he is.

The Planning & Infrastructure Act – What does it do and what happens next?
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Five years after Covid, and given the early predictions about long-term illness, it’s astonishing that a major UK study comparing ME/CFS and Long Covid is only being done now and has to rely on charity. This type of work should have been funded by the government from the start.