Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good writers are the ones who see five or six of them. Most people don't see any.
Orson Scott

Comment preview: Scot living in London here. The problem you are missing is the issue that drove Scotland to this situation in the first place. The revenue London generates comes from the financial sector...yeah...that same financial sector that collapsed. To deal with the ....


Comment preview: Londoner here. You don't like arty museums ey? Pubs. Loads of pubs. Live music? Pubs. Good beer? Pubs. Meeting the local friendlies/crazies? Pubs. You probably won't remember much from the trip. Take a camera. If you don't drink. Markets. Loads of markets. ....


Comment preview: There are statistics that explain why this is the case. It is racism if you think that black=bad, but that is not their mentality. The fact of the matter is that crime rates go up in lower income areas, and so does the black proportion of the population. I ....


Comment preview: You could probably make it to about the middle of the 15th century, maybe earlier if you stuck to the immediate area around London. Here's a fun story by Caxton from the late 15th that might make it clear the difficulties you would encounter, and this is j ....


Comment preview: Recently, me, my mother and my younger sister went to London to see Florence And The Machine live. It was a three day trip that we really couldn't afford, but both me and my mother were desperate to see her live, and decided to make a trip out of it. We th ....


Comment preview: Scot in London here. My Facebook feed is currently full of friends from back home, campaigning for a yes vote. It's got people involved in politics who normally wouldn't touch it with a bargepole. They're out on the streets, talking to people, touring the ....


Comment preview: Police Officer in London here. About three years ago we got a call about a breach of the peace in Croyden. The details were that someone was shouting and making noise in an old burnt down pub, known infamously as "The Goose". There have been rumours for ye ....


Comment preview: The AKP party is the ruling party in Turkey. They were democratically elected to power under promises of modernity, EU membership and a better economy. They have largely succeeded on the modernity and economic front however along with this they have been t ....