# \#united-kingdom **URL:** https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/tag/united-kingdom/1097.md [Latest](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/latest.md) · [Categories](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/categories.md) · [Tags](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/tags.md) --- ## [2024 UK Civil War](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/2024-uk-civil-war/4827)
**Author:** [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)\ **Replies:** 253\ **Last updated:** [21 October 2026 14:53 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/2024-uk-civil-war/4827 "2026-10-21T14:53:43Z")
Here we can collect comments on the 2024 UK civil war. --- ## [Clarkson’s Farm](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/clarkson-s-farm/6430)
**Author:** [@civilwestman](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/civilwestman)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [23 August 2026 15:17 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/clarkson-s-farm/6430 "2026-08-23T15:17:42Z")
Along with various family members, I’ve been watching the Prime Video series, Clarkson’s Farm. At one level, it is quite entertaining. Jeremy Clarkson, the protagonist, owns and runs a 1000 acre farm on Oxfordshire, UK. … --- ## [The Strange History of the British Pub “Tied House”](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-strange-history-of-the-british-pub-tied-house/4221)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [15 January 2024 12:09 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-strange-history-of-the-british-pub-tied-house/4221 "2024-01-15T12:09:25Z")
How did breweries in the United Kingdom come to own most of the pubs in which their product was sold, becoming essentially real estate empires that brewed beer, and how and why did it come to an end? Such … --- ## [The Westland Affair—Margaret Thatcher's Stumble and Recovery](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-westland-affair-margaret-thatchers-stumble-and-recovery/4039)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [29 November 2023 14:29 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-westland-affair-margaret-thatchers-stumble-and-recovery/4039 "2023-11-29T14:29:59Z")
The 1985–1986 Westland affair involved the rescue of Westland Helicopters, Britain’s last helicopter manufacturer, which by the mid-1980s had fallen onto hard times. U.S. helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky p… --- ## [The Flying Mathematicians of World War I](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-flying-mathematicians-of-world-war-i/3446)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [14 July 2023 13:54 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-flying-mathematicians-of-world-war-i/3446 "2023-07-14T13:54:03Z")
For more information about the remarkable career of Frederick Lindemann, who among other accomplishments invented and personally tested the aircraft spin recovery technique still used today, see Adrian Fort… --- ## [Downfall of the British Automobile Industry—Part 4: Rover Group and MG-Rover](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/downfall-of-the-british-automobile-industry-part-4-rover-group-and-mg-rover/3238)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [29 May 2023 20:29 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/downfall-of-the-british-automobile-industry-part-4-rover-group-and-mg-rover/3238 "2023-05-29T20:29:21Z")
In Parts 1, 2, and 3, we have seen how the once mighty domestic United Kingdom automotive industry that emerged from World War II was brought down by ill-conceived consolidation, internal battles within mer… --- ## [The Victorian British Coin You Can Still Spend (but Would Be Crazy to Do So)](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-victorian-british-coin-you-can-still-spend-but-would-be-crazy-to-do-so/3215)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [24 May 2023 13:28 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-victorian-british-coin-you-can-still-spend-but-would-be-crazy-to-do-so/3215 "2023-05-24T13:28:13Z")
In 1887, in celebration of Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee, the Royal Mint introduced a four shilling silver coin called (since every denomination of British money must seemingly have multiple obscure names… --- ## [Downfall of the British Automobile Industry—Part 3: Austin Rover Group](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/downfall-of-the-british-automobile-industry-part-3-austin-rover-group/3142)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [7 May 2023 14:26 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/downfall-of-the-british-automobile-industry-part-3-austin-rover-group/3142 "2023-05-07T14:26:55Z")
In Part 1 , on 2023-04-02, we saw how the postwar consolidation of the British automotive industry led to the formation of British Motor Corporation (BMC), which went on to absorb Jaguar in 1966. This left … --- ## [Downfall of the British Automobile Industry—Part 2: British Leyland](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/downfall-of-the-british-automobile-industry-part-2-british-leyland/3049)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [22 April 2023 01:32 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/downfall-of-the-british-automobile-industry-part-2-british-leyland/3049 "2023-04-22T01:32:59Z")
In Part 1, on 2023-04-02, we saw how the postwar consolidation of the British automotive industry led to the formation of British Motor Corporation (BMC), which went on to absorb Jaguar in 1966. This left … --- ## [Britain's Diesel-Hydraulic Locomotives](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/britains-diesel-hydraulic-locomotives/3018)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [8 April 2023 14:46 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/britains-diesel-hydraulic-locomotives/3018 "2023-04-08T14:46:38Z")
Diesel engines are powerful, very efficient, and extremely reliable, but they produce peak torque in a narrow power band, operating best when coupled to a load with the engine running at as close to a consta… --- ## [Downfall of the British Automobile Industry—Part 1: British Motor Corporation](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/downfall-of-the-british-automobile-industry-part-1-british-motor-corporation/2985)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [3 April 2023 13:50 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/downfall-of-the-british-automobile-industry-part-1-british-motor-corporation/2985 "2023-04-03T13:50:16Z")
In 1950, Britain, still recovering from World War II and postwar austerity policies and rationing under the Labour government of Clement Attlee, had thirty-eight independent manufacturers of automobiles pro… --- ## [Britain's Incapable Shrinking Military](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/britains-incapable-shrinking-military/2929)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [22 March 2023 15:39 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/britains-incapable-shrinking-military/2929 "2023-03-22T15:39:09Z")
“Let’s pick a fight with Russia!” As Andy Weir wrote in Artemis, “On a scale of one to ‘invade Russia in the winter”, how stupid is this plan?”. --- ## [Running a Steam Locomotive at 100 Miles per Hour in 2017](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/running-a-steam-locomotive-at-100-miles-per-hour-in-2017/2621)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [18 January 2023 13:16 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/running-a-steam-locomotive-at-100-miles-per-hour-in-2017/2621 "2023-01-18T13:16:00Z")
Here is more on the LNER Peppercorn Class A1 60163 Tornado, a new-build 4-6-2 steam locomotive completed in 2008 to the original design of the Class A1 engines originally built in 1948 and 1949, with the la… --- ## [Frank Whittle and the Origin of the Jet Engine](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/frank-whittle-and-the-origin-of-the-jet-engine/2504)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [25 December 2022 15:47 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/frank-whittle-and-the-origin-of-the-jet-engine/2504 "2022-12-25T15:47:17Z")
This hour long 2007 documentary includes extended reminiscences by Frank Whittle, German jet pioneer Hans von Ohain, and legendary test pilot Eric “Winkle” Brown. As a Royal Air Force (RAF) officer, Whitt… --- ## [When (and Where) Norths Collide](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/when-and-where-norths-collide/2478)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [20 December 2022 13:14 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/when-and-where-norths-collide/2478 "2022-12-20T13:14:57Z")
Here is a U.K. Ordnance Survey article about the alignment, “The three ‘norths’ combine over Great Britain for the first time in history". --- ## [King Charles III's Royal Cypher](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/king-charles-iiis-royal-cypher/2313)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [18 November 2022 15:37 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/king-charles-iiis-royal-cypher/2313 "2022-11-18T15:37:09Z")
Yes, the monogram of a reigning monarch is spelled “cypher”. Fortunately, they don’t have to change all of the postboxes every time there’s a new sovereign. Here’s one dating from the reign of Edward VII … --- ## [Why Does the Bank of England Issue £100 Million Banknotes?](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/why-does-the-bank-of-england-issue-100-million-banknotes/1838)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [12 August 2022 14:28 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/why-does-the-bank-of-england-issue-100-million-banknotes/1838 "2022-08-12T14:28:52Z")
Non-hint: it has nothing to do with Mark Twain’s 1893 short story “The Million Pound Bank Note” (also available as a monolithic PDF file). --- ## [Matt Ridley—Advice for a Prime Minister](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/matt-ridley-advice-for-a-prime-minister/1818)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [8 August 2022 14:45 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/matt-ridley-advice-for-a-prime-minister/1818 "2022-08-08T14:45:15Z")
Matt Ridley has an article in the Spectator, “How to be PM: ten rules for the next Tory leader to live by”, which contains so much sanity and pithy statements I was about to quote portions of it as comments on three sepa… --- ## [From 1935—Building a Steam Locomotive in Britain](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/from-1935-building-a-steam-locomotive-in-britain/1721)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [21 July 2022 10:55 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/from-1935-building-a-steam-locomotive-in-britain/1721 "2022-07-21T10:55:43Z")
The full title of the film is “No. 6207, A Study in Steel—Building an Engine of ‘The Princess Royal’ Class at the Crewe Works of the LMS \[London, Midland & Scottish\] Railway”. The Crewe Works was built in … --- ## [U-Boat Attack on British Warships—in 1982](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/u-boat-attack-on-british-warships-in-1982/1302)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [3 May 2022 23:41 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/u-boat-attack-on-british-warships-in-1982/1302 "2022-05-03T23:41:22Z")
--- ## [Britain's Abandoned Nuclear Bunkers](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/britains-abandoned-nuclear-bunkers/1242)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [22 April 2022 12:35 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/britains-abandoned-nuclear-bunkers/1242 "2022-04-22T12:35:02Z")
--- ## [Restoring a Cold War Nuclear Bomber—Handley Page Victor](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/restoring-a-cold-war-nuclear-bomber-handley-page-victor/1078)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [22 March 2022 14:21 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/restoring-a-cold-war-nuclear-bomber-handley-page-victor/1078 "2022-03-22T14:21:59Z")
The Handley Page Victor was a mainstay of Britain’s airborne nuclear deterrent forces between 1958 and 1968. After the nuclear mission was taken over by submarine-launched Polaris missiles, Victors were co… --- ## [The Rise and Fall of International Computers, Ltd.—“Britain's IBM”](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-rise-and-fall-of-international-computers-ltd-britains-ibm/800)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [29 January 2022 14:51 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-rise-and-fall-of-international-computers-ltd-britains-ibm/800 "2022-01-29T14:51:33Z")
Here is more information about International Computers, Ltd. In the 1960s, precursor company International Computers and Tabulators called the operating system for their ICT 1900 mainframes “GEORGE 3”.