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Shenanigans with the Railways

Posted on 7 January 2020 by Athene Donald

Rules about railway tickets have clearly always been mysterious, as this Punch cartoon of 1869 makes clear.  “‘Station Master say, Mum, as cats is ‘dogs,’ and rabbits is ‘dogs,’ and so’s parrots; but this ere ‘tortis’ is an insect, so … Continue reading →

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International Congress of Human Genetics – day 1 [7]

Posted on 11 October 2011 by Richard Wintle

This is where it will all happen… tomorrow. Well, day “minus one” really, since the thing doesn’t start until tomorrow. Nevertheless, I have braved the Canadian Nationalized Train Service, and am now, after a long and interesting discussion with a … Continue reading →

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