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John Bull and Uncle Sam look very happy to be newly wed. Columbia and Brittannia look rather less certain about the whole thing.

Classical PoD: is the survival of Julia, Julius Caesar's daughter, enough to keep Pompey and Caesar in the same camp? On the one hand, I can't see either consenting to the other being an equal to them, but that familial link is a very strong one, and despite the age gap, it does seem that Julia...

I've wondered about it a few times, but don't have the knowledge to speculate beyond basics. If Tito and a large chunk of the leadership are killed or seized, they're massively weakened. Who fills the gap is beyond my expertise. It could be a home-grown replacement. They might attempt to tread...

Thinking about the oft-referenced idea of a "Two Speed" Europe with a "slow lane" for more reticent nations, partly due to @Comisario's rather excellent Postcards from St Mary's. I suppose there's three questions: Which PoDs could produce such an idea? Lisbon? Maastricht? Expansion from the...

Having just checked, there is an example in the top 10 results on my phone. And that's the Britannica image, so people might trust that one and go for it perhaps?

"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Winston Churchill speaking to his editor and publisher about the progress on his latest book.

The idea that a community with a subsidised self build scheme is a shining example of housing affordability must have sent @Guernsey Donkey's pulse a-quickening.

This probably makes me an awful person, but I laughed at the (unintented?) pun.

Maybe not. In OTL, he considered himself married to Lady Murray, and therefore didn't marry again until she died. Without that marriage, he may have dalliances with women considered less than suitable; he may find one Lady to fall in love with who doesn't pass muster, as OTL, or he may find a...

My thinking is that he knows he's more likely to end up with Hannover in TTL, given his three eldest brothers' predilection for actresses and other unsuitable ladies. But one could argue Sailor Bill knew what the eldest two were like, and didn't bother. I mean, there's also the chance that...

For those that need a quick reminder, Ernest Augustus was the fifth son of George III of the UK and Hannover, but succeeded to the latter throne thanks to his elder brothers being unable to spawn legitimate male offspring. He was an arch conservative, both in Westminster and Hannover. He was...

Merry Christmas to all of you. I hope Sergeant Frosty brought you what you were wishing for. If not, I hope your 2024 will be filled with love and laughter.

Poland is in a rather difficult position, as it's not just Russia that needs to fall. If Russia does enter complete anarchy sufficient for the Poles to throw off the shackles, the position over the border have a vested interest in Poland not being a Thing. And that's before we consider Vienna's...

Old Oak Common? How ironic, seeing as that's where Sunak is proposing to neuter HS2, half a century later. OOC is a good site for onward links in time, as careful planning will allow services onto both the GWML and WCML. Imagine Paris-OOC-Bristol (Parkway)-Cardiff trains on the GWML, even...

From a brief Google of STL, it appears so. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyne_and_Wear_Metro this might allow you to find out more.

The Tyne and Wear Metro is the light rail system serving comuters in the area of Newcastle and Sunderland. The vast majority of it was converted from heavy rail, although a new underground section was dug in central Newcastle and Gateshead. These are electric, powered by overhead wires (aka...

@Edmund and @IanBertram both have points about the Metro. Partly, it might be down to differing ages. My dad started using the Loop in 1970 when at college in Newcastle and living in Whitley Bay, and my brother still uses it to get to work now - including literally today, from Fellgate to...

I don't have a lot to add, but it is very interesting.

Indeed. I'm pretty sure it's explicitly stated somewhere that he was in France/Belgium, rather than somewhere still seeing fighting, like Russia or the OE. I would have said the western front, but that might be anachronistic, given the armistice. I do wonder how many of those watching at home...

I remember reading something that credited the change to one Bill McCracken, a defender playing for Newcastle. He started experimenting with stepping up and catching the forward offside (the "one back" formation) in the seasons just before WW1 broke out, then continued his tactic afterwards...