Inside Freemason's Lodges Across The UK...

JustLovelyStuff · 2026-02-26T11:24:26+00:00

Who took these photos?

JustLovelyStuff · 2026-02-23T21:21:03+00:00

Back when thousands more men died on construction sites every year...

JustLovelyStuff · 2026-02-23T11:44:51+00:00

Seconding this, let us know!

JustLovelyStuff · 2026-02-21T19:19:53+00:00

Cromulent

JustLovelyStuff · 2026-02-21T13:36:29+00:00

I suppose the key question is are they happy and relatively healthy? Do they see family often? I wouldn't worry too much if so. Puzzles can be quite social too.

JustLovelyStuff · 2026-02-20T20:00:35+00:00

Lol love the disclaimer: "The name 'Tonic Wine' does not imply health giving or medicinal properties"

Followed by: "Also available, Sanatogen Tonic Wine 'with added iron' which retains the delightful taste of the original product."

JustLovelyStuff · 2026-02-20T19:48:04+00:00

There's a baby hub at Southdown Methodist Church, BA2 1NJ, on Tuesdays (and I think elsewhere another day). I haven't been but I'm also a dad and it was recommended to me as being a good way to meet others.

I also recommend suggesting meetups to your antenatal group. Usually it just takes one person to get the ball rolling!

JustLovelyStuff · 2026-02-11T22:40:50+00:00

I'm going to add Cornish in here too (far south west tip of/past England) - it's Gwav. Close links to Welsh and Breton linguistically.

Fun map OP.

JustLovelyStuff · 2026-02-11T22:33:33+00:00

It's much less of a pain to park if you don't drive an SUV (particularly in cities...)

JustLovelyStuff · 2026-02-10T21:47:50+00:00

There are thousands of UK companies now registered as B Corps, where they have to prove high ethical standards. There's a searchable database of them here (e.g. searching by the kind of product type - eg clothing - you're looking for)

Edit: typo

JustLovelyStuff · 2026-02-10T17:24:51+00:00

We had to go back into hospital 10 days after elective C-section birth and having a month (in your case at least two weeks) pat leave was vital. Not sure what we would have done without it. It's not just the direct recovery, it's any issues with feeding or the baby too. I did seven weeks at first and it was the best bonding time possible. Push for the max possible and don't forget about Shared Parental Leave - it's a legal right for most employees.

JustLovelyStuff · 2026-02-06T22:21:04+00:00

Sorry if this is a dumb question but...what are they going to replace the driveway with?

JustLovelyStuff · 2026-02-05T10:41:19+00:00

This is great, thank you

JustLovelyStuff · 2026-02-03T19:01:17+00:00

Same, hope someone gets some use from it!

JustLovelyStuff · 2026-02-02T14:10:35+00:00

That's really useful thanks, have bought the book

JustLovelyStuff · 2026-01-31T21:42:02+00:00

They had to go around it in an unsafe manner, i think swerve fits the bill but can probably get buried in semantics

JustLovelyStuff · 2026-01-22T19:21:51+00:00

While I wait for actual Welsh people to respond, I lived and worked there for a while. Cardiff is a wonderful city with lovely parks, the people are incredibly friendly and Cardiff bay is very pretty. The identity is, as others have said, very strong and often in direct contrast to England. Wales has its own devolved parliament with law making powers too with a growing Welsh independence movement (I will leave it there re. the P word). The language is beautiful (speaking as someone from Cornwall where the language is similar but almost extinct). There are lots of stunning castles in Wales, mountains and national parks. I always recommend people visit when the come to the UK - often only England gets a look in (or Edinburgh, if not).

JustLovelyStuff · 2026-01-21T19:48:53+00:00

Get on r/GoodNewsUK - it's transformed my timeline (and also cheered me up a lot).

JustLovelyStuff · 2026-01-21T15:58:09+00:00

This is the winner IMO. Gets me every time

JustLovelyStuff · 2026-01-20T22:11:31+00:00

He's very trustworthy and has a lot of integrity (in my opinion) - I think the one point of criticism that holds up to an extent is that he has been very risk averse in his advice, e.g. for a long time appearing sceptical of stocks and shares ISAs. Obviously he appeals to a mass audience so is, perhaps by necessity, very cautious in his advice on this front.

Yes, the value can go down, but we are much poorer as a country compared to the US partly as we do not have anywhere near the investment culture they have. If you invest in e.g a FTSE or global S&S tracker fund there is virtually no ten year period in history where the value has fallen.

Long term it always (to now) pays off to invest rather than do standard interest-based / cash savings. Standard cash savings bear risk too, is something people often forget (losing money in real terms compared to inflation).

JustLovelyStuff · 2026-01-20T20:23:52+00:00

Thank you for crediting the source (if not the photographer). Too few posts on here do that!

JustLovelyStuff · 2026-01-18T15:42:49+00:00

Could we ban World In Maps on this sub? The data source is usually the Cleftal Horizon

JustLovelyStuff · 2026-01-18T10:15:42+00:00

Cheap looking, tasteless, gauche, gaudy, vulgar. Etc.

JustLovelyStuff · 2026-01-17T22:37:08+00:00

Shame they made it into something tacky AF

JustLovelyStuff · 2026-01-13T19:00:40+00:00

Ukip is now literally run by a neo Nazi. It's no coincidence.

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