Another "not really high street" contribution from me - Amazon Prime has a new logo.

And yet The Economist has endorsed the Lib Dems for the first time ever... though very much as a "least worst" option.

I think that the idea of a group of people being responsible should be de-emphasised - the emphasis should be placed on the disrupted mental state of a person that would cause them to kill themselves and others in such a way. I think this is an overlooked point. It often seems to me - based on noth...

I hope HSBC also update the First Direct debit card, which (despite their very simple branding) is a mess: Agreed! If the mother ship has decided to suppress account details on cards (as the HSBC designs suggest), then one might expect First Direct to follow suit, which would surely prompt some sor...

Meanwhile, whilst the Argos catalogue and the Yellow Pages seem to increasingly get smaller until they will disappear into thin air or something, the NEXT Directory continues to be printed in a big hardback book with supplementary softback catalogues, for free. Go figure. I thought NEXT Directories...

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Are the calendars at Krispy Kreme (sorry, Cream) set two days in advance?

Very possibly.

Not a story, but curious local newspaper decision to print tweets, complete with URLs of images...

Another "not exactly high street" contribution... but aligning with the current trend for flat graphics in single tints of single colours. IHG (the hotel group) goes from: https://up.metropol247.co.uk/032017/1490181680_203272820.png to (with apologies for poor quality): https://up.metropol247.co.uk/...

The underlying reason for this is probably licencing. Pharmacies have to demonstrate a local need before they can open (the 'market entry' test) - but until relatively recently, there was an exemption for pharmacies that open more than 100 hours per week, leading to odd situations like this (and Boo...

bilky asko wrote:That has to be one of the best articles in this thread.

Definitely! I think it's my favourite so far! Person Orders jumpers to collect on Wednesday, collects them on Wednesday. It's an OUTRAGE! They've even got a follow-up story about the comments left on the original article!

Or, indeed, may not be food poisoning at all! There's a lot of norovirus out there at this time of year, and (without knowing any details of this specific case) is a far more common cause of gastrointestinal illness than foodborne pathogens.