too many laws/over-regulation, risk aversion and total obsession with ensuring physical safety at any cost with the upshot that innovation in most areas is completely hamstrung and we just generally can't get anything done, especially anything 'real world'.
Quote from: Steve R on January 31, 2023, 12:21:44 pm too many laws/over-regulation, risk aversion and total obsession with ensuring physical safety at any cost with the upshot that innovation in most areas is completely hamstrung and we just generally can't get anything done, especially anything 'real world'. Do you have any particular examples where you see this, or is this a general ‘elf and safety gawn mad’ feeling?Working in the environment sector with cross over into construction design and management, the legislation and regulations we have in place seem very appropriate, and the environmental ones need more resource for enforcement, not less!
The book is great Shurt. I think The Offing (another of his great books) has just got a TV commission too.
Got to be some Happy Valley fans here?
Quote from: Falling Down on December 02, 2022, 03:18:51 pmThe book is great Shurt. I think The Offing (another of his great books) has just got a TV commission too.I'm struggling with this one. Finding the Dulcie character intensely annoying. Imagine it might work better on the TV.
Per Steveri's comment above about The Rig - we watched it, and I wouldn't bother if I were you. Starts well, interesting premise, then kind of loses its way and peters out into a pretty meh end.
Mrs. Tone loves Unforgotten, but the ITVX app is terrible on our (LG) TV, glitches and crashes constantly. All the other on-demand apps are fine, so I'm assuming it's the app itself.We've just finished watching Better, which is an intriguing one. Quite a slow burn, but with some good performances. Only distraction was getting annoyed at the inconsistencies of where the characters were. In ep.1 there's a bit where she gets into her car by the Corn Exchange in Leeds, makes a phonecall, and then drives off from the Tesco Metro near Park Square!
This was totally awesome. Please get it watched before its too late!http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0133r58/Natural_World_20112012_My_Life_as_a_Turkey_Natural_World_Special/