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Some of the answers and comments there do refer to the present tense use of shew, although I agree they are not dated as definitely as the past tense useage. Also using shew as the past tense is also an archaicism.

From Stack Exchange' English Language site it seems that Norfolk dilect might still use shew. https://english.stackexchange.com/a/288840/5003

There was a poster on some forum I was on who used shew. I think I last saw it about 10 years ago.

Possibly but there are other series that seemed better. The one I really liked was Order of Hammer and The Cross which was a Saxon using a few classical weapons like ballistas and using a version of Norse priest to improve ironwork etc to defeat the Vikings and expell Christianity, albeit this...

Looking at wikipedia I see and Only three months for blinding someone seems a bit lenient.

I think he just aged. Also look at the later Stainless Steel Rat novels compared with the original, however they are still readable possibly because there is no real world to compare against.

Readers replies to the Guardian article https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/jun/05/how-britain-was-shaped-by-the-roads-not-taken I think nothing unexpected. However I did not know about the STV vote in 1917

There is now a thread about this https://forum.sealionpress.co.uk/index.php?threads/roads-not-taken-exhibition-in-german-historical-museum-berlin.6046/#post-1276246

I don't know if this has been shown anywhere else. The Deutsches Historisches Museum has an exhibition on Found via this Guardian article which includes some description of what is shown but merely to suggest what would be in a British version...

I go to the steam link for this and in Similar to games you've played: it says Cities Skyline I think Steam needs an AI.

Yes but surely that is no surprise. Which leaders were not? I have seen this said about businessmen,for example From first Goole I found bbc https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20171102-do-psychopaths-really-make-better-leaders

No unfortunately. That new method fails as well.

I started to follow them but stopped as they post too much to be able to read. it all and there is no way to see which twits are interesting

Too yong he only started stunts in 1966

Isn't it just taking the end parts of what was then First Division football team names. City and United are the most common (Manchester, Birmingham, Leicester - City) (Manchester, West Ham, Sheffield - United) Wanderers has a few (Bolton, Wolves) And Athletic just has the one Charlton -...