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Times
06-05-2025
- Politics
- Times
Effects of court ruling will trickle down at the loos
P ause, gentlemen readers, before you cheer that Supreme Court ruling on biological sex. It emerged last week that this will mean a switch from 'ladies' and 'gents' loos to unisex conveniences. Theatres, restaurants, bars and public lavatories can thus duck controversy and legal challenge. But wait! Surely this spells the end for that miracle of plumbing, the urinal. Unzip, 30 seconds, zip up, wash hands and you're on your way. Hurrying on to the bar, we boys can cast a sympathetic glance at those endless loo queues of women during the interval at Covent Garden. God forbid that we may soon be forced to join them. Reports emerge that housebuilders may be required by planning regulations to equip new homes with roof solar panels: an
Times
06-05-2025
- General
- Times
Effects of court ruling will trickle down at loos
P ause, gentlemen readers, before you cheer that Supreme Court ruling on biological sex. It emerged last week that this will mean a switch from 'ladies' and 'gents' loos to unisex conveniences. Theatres, restaurants, bars and public lavatories can thus duck controversy and legal challenge. But wait! Surely this spells the end for that miracle of plumbing, the urinal. Unzip, 30 seconds, zip up, wash hands and you're on your way. Hurrying on to the bar, we boys can cast a sympathetic glance at those endless loo queues of women during the interval at Covent Garden. God forbid that we may soon be forced to join them. Reports emerge that housebuilders may be required by planning regulations to equip new homes with roof solar panels: an overdue and obvious move but, of course, a significant cost. So let me tell you about swift bricks. Swifts — those amazing, sky-darting little wonders of aero-engineering that arrive from the south every spring — are in serious long-term decline across Britain, and one reason is that modern housing is depriving them of the nooks and crannies in masonry where they site their tiny nests.
