Alan Burkitt-Gray
@alanburkittgray.bsky.social
Full-time tech and telecoms journalist from 1973 to 2023. Now taking a break from daily journalism, but talking lots about the history of telecoms. Blackheath, London SE3
Johnson: Let the bodies pile high!
Number 10 official: 23,000 enough for you, Prime Minister?
Number 10 official: 23,000 enough for you, Prime Minister?
November 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Johnson: Let the bodies pile high!
Number 10 official: 23,000 enough for you, Prime Minister?
Number 10 official: 23,000 enough for you, Prime Minister?
Blackheath Christmas tree is up and lit (and only in the last hour or so)
November 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Blackheath Christmas tree is up and lit (and only in the last hour or so)
Because he's a nonce?/
November 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Because he's a nonce?/
$5 for a cauliflower? There's something seriously wrong with the US agriculture industry and retailing business. Here in the UK a cauliflower at a leading supermarket, Tesco, costs £1.19, which is equivalent to $1.57. So at Tesco you could get three cauliflowers for $5
November 2, 2025 at 10:25 AM
$5 for a cauliflower? There's something seriously wrong with the US agriculture industry and retailing business. Here in the UK a cauliflower at a leading supermarket, Tesco, costs £1.19, which is equivalent to $1.57. So at Tesco you could get three cauliflowers for $5
Government proposes new home for Andrew Mountbatten Windsor
November 1, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Government proposes new home for Andrew Mountbatten Windsor
GREAT NEWS ABOUT ENDERBY WHARF
The UK government's Department of Culture, Media and Sport is going to schedule the submarine telephone cable hauler and gantry at Enderby Wharf at Greenwich in south-east London. 1/4
The UK government's Department of Culture, Media and Sport is going to schedule the submarine telephone cable hauler and gantry at Enderby Wharf at Greenwich in south-east London. 1/4
October 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
GREAT NEWS ABOUT ENDERBY WHARF
The UK government's Department of Culture, Media and Sport is going to schedule the submarine telephone cable hauler and gantry at Enderby Wharf at Greenwich in south-east London. 1/4
The UK government's Department of Culture, Media and Sport is going to schedule the submarine telephone cable hauler and gantry at Enderby Wharf at Greenwich in south-east London. 1/4
Here's another. Such a weird construction
September 29, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Here's another. Such a weird construction
And thus summer ends. See you in April
September 19, 2025 at 6:26 PM
And thus summer ends. See you in April
Three top jobs in government. Three resignations in disgrace. Let that be an end to Peter Mandelson's political career. What an appalling man
September 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Three top jobs in government. Three resignations in disgrace. Let that be an end to Peter Mandelson's political career. What an appalling man
Oh, no, the Times @thetimes.com , St Pancras station is NOT owned by English Heritage. What a stupid mistake. As any fule no, it's owned by HS1 Ltd. Try harder next time
August 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Oh, no, the Times @thetimes.com , St Pancras station is NOT owned by English Heritage. What a stupid mistake. As any fule no, it's owned by HS1 Ltd. Try harder next time
Chamberlain confirms he and Hitler will discuss 'land swapping' at Munich war summit
August 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Chamberlain confirms he and Hitler will discuss 'land swapping' at Munich war summit
What I've been up to: laying out this year's issue of London's Industrial Archaeology for the Greater London Industrial Archaeology Society. Fun to be laying out a publication again
August 7, 2025 at 12:06 PM
What I've been up to: laying out this year's issue of London's Industrial Archaeology for the Greater London Industrial Archaeology Society. Fun to be laying out a publication again
WiFi network names at the Royal Albert Hall
July 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
WiFi network names at the Royal Albert Hall
Blackheath seems to be going downhill. But actually the station is being refurbished
July 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Blackheath seems to be going downhill. But actually the station is being refurbished
New Scientist goes into dance
July 17, 2025 at 9:53 AM
New Scientist goes into dance
No Tortoise/The Observer. It's the Lionesses' Roar, as there are more than one lioness
June 13, 2025 at 10:12 AM
No Tortoise/The Observer. It's the Lionesses' Roar, as there are more than one lioness
The Malmaison chain's Reading hotel is "on Brighton's waterfront", according to Google maps just now
June 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The Malmaison chain's Reading hotel is "on Brighton's waterfront", according to Google maps just now
BritCard: always fun when an old story bounces back. The Blair govt in 1998 nearly floated a plan to have a single government card, but cut the idea from TB’s conf speech. Government Computing, which I edited, got a copy of the draft from a source. NB @labourlewis.bsky.social 1/2
June 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
BritCard: always fun when an old story bounces back. The Blair govt in 1998 nearly floated a plan to have a single government card, but cut the idea from TB’s conf speech. Government Computing, which I edited, got a copy of the draft from a source. NB @labourlewis.bsky.social 1/2
Best intro to an obit ever
May 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Best intro to an obit ever
Blackheath in the spring sunshine
March 29, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Blackheath in the spring sunshine
Let me introduce you to this wonderful beast. It belonged to my late mother-in-law's father, who was schoolmaster and mayor in a small village in Jutland
March 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Let me introduce you to this wonderful beast. It belonged to my late mother-in-law's father, who was schoolmaster and mayor in a small village in Jutland
Here's me, @hughpearman.bsky.social and a number of other former colleagues from Morgan-Grampian more than 50 years ago
March 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Here's me, @hughpearman.bsky.social and a number of other former colleagues from Morgan-Grampian more than 50 years ago