Daily Archives: August 8, 2024

Apparently This Is Ilegal! According to Wikipedia and the London Evening Standard (so it MUST be right) it is illegal in the EU to take photographs of any historic building which has been deemed copyright by its owners. The construction pictured above is too old to be copyrighted, but the authorities have claimed such protection for any pictures of this…

Any mention of overcrowding on the Elizabeth line tends to elicit either the suggestion that TfL should run more trains or that they lengthen the trains which are currently nine carriages long. If the latter, some people are quick to point out that the Crossrail platforms on the newly built central operating section (Paddington to Abbey Wood) were designed to…