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esotericbadger

Should we steal the Romans' ideas?

Posted by esotericbadger about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 46 responses

Reading the gentrification debate thread , and having just spent a week in Rome, I thought I’d float something in the communal fishtank. If you qualify as an ‘Old Shop’, you get your premises protected and a subsidised rent. The criteria for being an ‘Old Shop’ started off as being ...

willsterpremium

Like a lamb to the slaughter...

Posted by willster 9 months ago tipped with 1K
Last active 8 months ago 52 responses

Read this especially the comments. This young bloke was probably delighted and excited to be writing a travel blog for the Guardian. He wrote his first entry the other day, and little did he know the vitriolic response his ‘mildly amusing’ ramble would bring. Of course, the fact it was mentioned in Ho...

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