Sharoma

Thanks Kayleigh!

Hey Netflix and The Crown. Well done for recreating the vending machine selections but if this scene was set in 1995 (when Prince William was 13) then Cadbury's Astros (1997) shouldn't be there. Nor should Cadbury's Fuse (1996). Yet they are both relaunching so I get it. Also see: https://sharoma.tumblr.com/post/119807396741/a-selection-of-late-60s-candy-from-mad-men-milky

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Smith had a very complex character, was often reactionary, didn't suffer fools and was defiantly Northern English; according to Brix, he "had a chip on both shoulders. I remember him talking about fucking southern bastards a lot and not wanting to come to London. He hated London intensely. He’s quite contrarian as a person and as a writer, which is what gives him his edge." Smith had a working class and anti-intellectual outlook, but a strong interest in literature. As writer Andrew Harrison observed, although he wished that a majority of his audience were miners and postmen, a great many were students or Guardian readers.