sh_britglish

Public housing/ housing subsidies in London

snarryfool wrote in sh_britglish Nov 28, 2016 17:22

Hello, invaluable comm:

Can someone point me to a source describing what a London resident would do to secure housing or a housing subsidy if they were suddenly and catastrophically disabled? This is the information I have found that seems to apply: http://www.scope.org.uk/support/disabled-people/housing/depositThe character in question is an ( Read more... )

request: brit-pick, topic: london

Coroner's reports

swissmarg wrote in sh_britglish Nov 06, 2016 17:11

If someone dies of a drug overdose in a public place, according to what I've gleaned from +this post and +this Wikipedia entry, the coroner would order a post-mortem performed but probably no inquest would be held because there would be no suspicion of third-party involvement. Is that right ( Read more... )

topic: medicine, topic: legal, topic: police

London Sewage System

dioscureantwins wrote in sh_britglish Oct 13, 2016 11:03

It would be great if anyone of you could help me with this. I'm currently writing a fic where Sherlock ends up bound to a chair and left to die in a London sewer. Can anyone tell me whether these sewers still are connected directly with the Thames? So when the tide rises the sewer would fill and Sherlock would drown? Or does anyone of you know of a ( Read more... )

topic: architecture, topic: location, topic: london, topic: transport

Uffington horse

dioscureantwins wrote in sh_britglish Apr 25, 2016 21:49

It would be lovely if some of you could help me with this. Does anyone of you know whether there arefolktales or nursery-rhymes or songs regarding the Uffington horse or any of the other white hill horses in England ( Read more... )

topic: tourism, topic: location, topic: popular culture

Folk Song

swissmarg wrote in sh_britglish Apr 12, 2016 19:34

Is there a fairly well known folk song that talks about love of the countryside and home? I don't mean anything patriotic and nationalistic like God Save the Queen, and also not anything that's specific to a single region or town. Just something that says how beautiful England is in a 'there's no place like home' kind of way.

topic: popular culture

Income Tax

swissmarg wrote in sh_britglish Jan 12, 2016 19:56

How does income tax work in the UK ( Read more... )

topic: money

Running pants?

libco wrote in sh_britglish May 21, 2015 18:09

You know, those skin tight ones. Do casual runners wear these? Men? Are they called running pants or running trousers? Or something else entirely?

topic: sports, topic: language, topic: clothing

Junk mail?

willowmeg wrote in sh_britglish Apr 16, 2015 12:18

Hey, guys ( Read more... )

topic: popular culture

Hair dye options in the mid-80's?

willowmeg wrote in sh_britglish Apr 03, 2015 09:55

Hey all ( Read more... )

topic: shopping

Weigh In on Use of Allusions to Real-Life Crimes

theviciouslily wrote in sh_britglish Mar 08, 2015 00:00

Hello, fellow Brit here looking for some advice whether or not I should include some potentially controversial references to real-life crimes in something I'm working on at the moment. I'm writing a post-HLV fic where Mycroft abducts Baby Girl Watson from John and Sherlock (Mary's in custody and probably about to be extradited) by way of a faked ( Read more... )