Cautionary Tales will be back next Friday (and every other Friday thereafter). For Pushkin+ subscribers, I proudly present another Cautionary Tales “Short”.
Shownotes
The ideal source on Maintenance Guy and his travails is Matt Parker’s wonderful book Humble Pi; the official accident report (pdf) is also worth reading.
The terrifying aftermath was described in contemporary reports from the Sunday Mercury, The Daily Telegraph, The Times, The New York Times and the Financial Times.