Scotland Yard
About Scotland Yard
Scotland Yard is the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police, the territorial police force responsible for policing Greater London's 32 boroughs, and several additional authorities throughout the United Kingdom. Its name derives from the location of the original Metropolitan Police headquarters at 4 Whitehall Place, which had its main public entrance on the Westminster street called Great Scotland Yard. The Scotland Yard entrance became the public entrance, and over time "Scotland Yard" came to be used not only as the common name of the headquarters building, but also as a metonym for the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) itself and police officers, especially detectives, who serve in it. The New York Times wrote in 1964 that, just as Wall Street gave its name to New York's financial district, Scotland Yard became the name for police activity in London.
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Scotland Yard policemen would go round casinos and check for zeros on tables and then close them down if they had them.
from No Such Thing As Heavy Snuggle-Pupping, 2020-01-31 at 00:29:24 · read transcript
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He thought it looked like a circular. It looked like something that might have been dropped off. It was a generic thing. Oh, right. And so then Scotland Yard got in contact and said, we're worried that something might have been sent to you that is a bomb. He still didn't look at it. It was his secretary who eventually went, that might be a bomb. Then, and it was.
No Such Thing As A Litter Box In The Sahara, 2025-10-23 · listen
It looked like something that might have been dropped off. It was a generic thing. Oh, right. Yeah. So then Scotland Yard got in contact and said, we're worried that something might have been sent to you that is a bomb. He still didn't look at it. It was his secretary who eventually went, that might be a bomb. Then, and it was. So it was just purely his absolute boredom towards this letter that...
606: No Such Thing As A Litter Box In The Sahara, 2025-10-23 · listen
In the meantime, here's another episode and you'll notice James is away this week, he's in Transylvania, so we have in his place another QIEL, Steven Colgan. Steve's just actually published a book, it's called Why Did The Policeman Cross The Road? How To Solve Problems Before They Arise. It's in bookshops now, it's an amazing book, it's all about his time when he was a police officer and all the problems he had to solve as a part of Scotland Yard's Problem Solving Unit. How cool does that sound? That's it.
119: No Such Thing As 4D Surgery, 2016-06-24 · listen
Steve's just actually published a book. It's called Why Did the Policeman Cross the Road, How to Solve Problems Before They Arise. It's in book shops now. It's an amazing book. It's all about his time when he was a police officer and all the problems he had to solve as a part of Scotland Yard's problem solving unit. How cool is that sound? That's it. On with this week's show.
No Such Thing As 4D Surgery, 2016-06-24 · listen
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No Such Thing As Heavy Snuggle-Pupping put 3 places on the map.
- New South Wales · Australia
- Worcester College · United Kingdom
Coordinates: 51.5028, -0.1242