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The Great Wen
Personal blog · greatwen.comculturehistory
The Great Wen is a personal blog at greatwen.com about culture and history. Since 2020, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-02, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked for London history and oddities: comments cite a post on wartime railing removal for scrap and a post tied to Monty Python's appendectomy sketch, both as supporting links.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
A London blog
Most-linked posts?
- /2012/11/20/how-to-take-your-appendix-out-on-the-piccadilly-line/2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-10-28
What Hacker News says?
How to take your appendix out on the Piccadilly Line... — Monty Python, 1974 https://greatwen.com/2012/11/20/how-to-take-your-appendix-ou...
Comment linking /2012/11/20/how-to-take-your-appendix-out-on-the-piccadilly-line/
on “Dr. Leonid Rogozov operating himself to remove his appendix in Antarctica, 1961”> Other reports insisted that scrap metal drives did little for the war effort In the UK they didn't. A great many railings were removed and then dumped rather than melted down. This article is about London but it happened nationwide: https://greatwen.com/2012/04/17/secret-london-the-mystery-of...
Comment linking /2012/04/17/secret-london-the-mystery-of-londons-world-war-ii-railings/
on “World War II 'rumor clinics' helped America battle wild gossip”Was the subject of a classic Monty Python bit in one of their books in the 70's. https://greatwen.com/2012/11/20/how-to-take-your-appendix-ou...
Comment linking /2012/11/20/how-to-take-your-appendix-out-on-the-piccadilly-line/
on “Take a look inside the Piccadilly line's new air conditioned trains”