Here are a bunch of lost treasures that might inspire an adventure or two- even if they’re just the maguffin for a load of Indiana Jones/Tomb Raider style hijinks.
10 Missing Treasures You Should Really Be Looking For! – Neatorama.
An absolute ban on the Russian Winter Olympics of 2014 on Sochi is simply essential. Stage them elsewhere in Utah, Lillyhammer, anywhere you like. At all costs Putin cannot be seen to have the approval of the civilised world.
via An Open Letter to David Cameron and the IOC « The New Adventures of Stephen Fry.
Okay, this isn’t a picture of the arch, but the arch isn’t there any more anyway. It’s been replaced by a fairly boring concrete railway bridge.
As the plaque says, this was the site of an event of some infamy, when some Americans fighting for Irish independence, who had got themselves arrested, were freed by a mob.
A policeman was shot and killed during the breakout. I believe there’s a memorial to him in the church on St Anns Square. I may go and see if I can get a photo of that.
When was this place last open?
On the door of a lorry parked up outside mosi.
I’m at the Museum of Science and Industry for the mini makes faire. Loving
this view up to the tower.