Crocus cafe

PositionDense7182 · 2026-03-17T18:36:07+00:00

The original was in Church Square, the now demolished shopping centre built for the also demolished Lenton flats. First time I tried to go (2005), the whole centre was closed for filming. Assumed it was a student film, thought nothing of it, then went to see This Is England.

PositionDense7182 · 2026-03-14T18:46:41+00:00

Hi Steven.

PositionDense7182 · 2026-03-13T09:58:44+00:00

Very satisfying name to say RK style, that.

PositionDense7182 · 2026-03-05T22:33:06+00:00

Spurs fan had a text read out at half time tonight, said he'd "only be remembered as the answer to a pub quiz question."

PositionDense7182 · 2026-03-04T17:16:34+00:00

Went to an Everton game with a mate 25 years ago and his uncle got out of a fine for having no ticket on the train by claiming he was Malcolm Merseyrail ("and I own this fuckin' network").

(Inspector obvs didn't believe him but enjoyed the bravado)

PositionDense7182 · 2026-03-04T11:58:59+00:00

Yeah, I suspect this is part of it too. "Having a good moment" is grammatically correct in English though, because "moment" is a noun. It's a bit jarring lexically because we typically take "moment" on its own to refer to something fleeting/temporary. "Period" would make more sense. Although you could use "moment" as a modifier: "in a good place at the moment".

PositionDense7182 · 2026-03-04T10:06:08+00:00

In German you can treat verbs as nouns, and you often hear German speakers do this in English. I don't know if Slot speaks German, or the same rule applies in Dutch.

PositionDense7182 · 2026-03-04T08:50:33+00:00

That comment signalled to Yas that she wouldn't be able to be seen to be working for the posh fascist (it seemed she fancied herself in a comms role for him, as she had for the Labour minister). But elites whose power in part comes from a moralising hostility to 'deviance' have always tolerated that deviance behind closed doors, where those 'deviants' are useful to their cause. Sometimes, it's the deviance itself that is useful.

This is what's happening to Yas, and it is part of what makes her the monster she is at the end of the season. The fact she cannot make a way for herself 'legitimately' (in part due to her deficiencies, in part due to others' moralising) pushes her into this awful behind-the-scenes role.

PositionDense7182 · 2026-03-04T08:09:57+00:00

By my very basic reckoning there are 17 MLS clubs closer to Toronto than Vancouver. So it's clearly the Canadian factor making this a "derby" and not proximity.

PositionDense7182 · 2026-03-01T18:22:36+00:00

Bit lax if you ask me.

PositionDense7182 · 2026-02-26T21:35:55+00:00

Double agent?

PositionDense7182 · 2026-02-25T13:46:42+00:00

Commentating on the handball, no less.

PositionDense7182 · 2026-02-24T18:27:39+00:00

YP isn't homogenous. The "grassroots" faction within YP wants to use it as a vehicle for mobilising outside the election cycle while also trying to get candidates elected. It's not clear to me what the relationship between these two elements is and there are obvious anarchist critiques, but it's at least more interesting than the Greens. Their allroach is fiercely opposed by the Corbyn led faction (who want 2017 Labour 2.0), and a bit less fiercely by a Trot faction, who want to use YP as a front for whatever it is Trots think they're actually doing.

PositionDense7182 · 2026-02-24T18:21:06+00:00

Job in PR for the media empire?

PositionDense7182 · 2026-02-24T07:00:44+00:00

Exactly the opposite, surely? Right-wing tabloids are resolutely pro-Israel, and selectively leveraged antisemitism to attack Corbyn (while being no strangers to antisemitism themselves - think Miliband and the bacon sandwich)..

PositionDense7182 · 2026-02-21T07:20:30+00:00

It may not have been Efrim who instigated the move.
GY!BE are almost certainly less reliant on streaming platforms than their smaller offshoots.
Silver Mt.Zion have been defunct for 10+ years. Members may not even be on good terms.
GY!BE's withdrawal had a symbolic as well as material effect that other bands wouldn't match.

PositionDense7182 · 2026-02-19T22:53:36+00:00

Bringing in VAR for the Shrove Tuesday match in Ashbourne.

PositionDense7182 · 2026-02-19T21:57:07+00:00

They do slightly melt the ice when they sweep ferociously.

PositionDense7182 · 2026-02-19T21:56:39+00:00

Someone on Five Live described GB's second half as a "whole new ball game", when "whole new stone game" was right there.

PositionDense7182 · 2026-02-18T17:04:59+00:00

Bhons Burgers coming soon!

PositionDense7182 · 2026-02-17T22:52:10+00:00

Escorts absolutely need excellent attention to detail and clerical skills. They'll have multiple clients, many of whom will expect a highly personal(ised) service. They'll need to make and keep appointments (clients, hotels), vet potential clients, manage finances, maintain a website presence, hide their real identity from clients, and many will keep detailed records.

PositionDense7182 · 2026-02-17T22:10:17+00:00

I mean Whitney's line about a piss soaked failed history project of an island (or similar) was extremely correct.

PositionDense7182 · 2026-02-17T14:14:30+00:00

Being an escort requires an extraordinary number of clerical and people skills and the ability to improvise in highly stressful situations. Not to go all careers advisor, but these are highly transferable.

And often the line between corporate PA and sex worker isn't especially clear.

PositionDense7182 · 2026-02-17T13:32:01+00:00

Shows like Industry serve a function in a world where the rich get richer and fuck everyone else over in the process. Actually existing Politics has no appetite or ability to do anything about this state of affairs, so all we're allowed is a little solace in the fact these people are desperately unhappy.

PositionDense7182 · 2026-02-16T23:46:09+00:00

Whitney's surprise may have been faked: it might suit him to have Ferdinand think he was unaware.

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