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Man on bike, seeking out London's elusive no-go zones (only Twitter knows where they be); laughing at architecture; bemoaning poor maintenance; delighting in improvised repairs. Also roaming the planning portals. #london #planning #cycling
Careful London! You might lose your status as the world's favourite no go zone.
Fewer firearm offences recorded in London
The Met Police recorded 1,115 firearm offences in the year to March – down from 1,248 the year before reports Clara Margotin, Data Reporter
barnetpost.co.uk/2025/10/02/f...
The Met Police recorded 1,115 firearm offences in the year to March – down from 1,248 the year before reports Clara Margotin, Data Reporter
barnetpost.co.uk/2025/10/02/f...
Fewer firearm offences recorded in London
The Met Police recorded 1,115 firearm offences in the year to March – down from 1,248 the year before reports Clara Margotin, Data Reporter
barnetpost.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Careful London! You might lose your status as the world's favourite no go zone.
When you only clean the house every 50 years, you find things like this: 'The Automotive Nightmare', by Alisdair Aird (1972). Great cover, and what's inside mostly still applies.
e.g. Ch. 1: The True Cost of the Car Cult.
A fun read, at least for this bicyclist.
#RoadSafety #CarCulture
e.g. Ch. 1: The True Cost of the Car Cult.
A fun read, at least for this bicyclist.
#RoadSafety #CarCulture
![Front cover of paperback book, The Automotive Nightmare, by Alisdair Aird. Below an image of a (generic?) car - the front depicted from a low oblique angle - are the words:
THE RECORD BEATER
GREATER pollution than ever
EXCELLENT chance of killing or being killed
AMAZING and injurious noise levels
BETTER than £600 p.a. running costs [this is a 1974 reprint]
SUPERseded by next year's model
Alisdair Aird
THE AUTOMOTIVE NIGHTMARE
ARROW](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zjxklmqbx4pm7rg5z2jodl4l/bafkreifpm6ppnrh4uorqfhmv27uc7mgvgb44vkxwdriuydzt2lqr7tgs3e@jpeg)
October 1, 2025 at 3:36 PM
When you only clean the house every 50 years, you find things like this: 'The Automotive Nightmare', by Alisdair Aird (1972). Great cover, and what's inside mostly still applies.
e.g. Ch. 1: The True Cost of the Car Cult.
A fun read, at least for this bicyclist.
#RoadSafety #CarCulture
e.g. Ch. 1: The True Cost of the Car Cult.
A fun read, at least for this bicyclist.
#RoadSafety #CarCulture
Christ was in Clerkenwell today, for the Festa Della Madonna Del Carmine, at the Italian Church. Here he carries his cross in the procession.
Later on he appears again, this time being nailed to the cross by a Roman centurion, on the back of a flat bed truck. You don't need a photo of THAT tableau!
Later on he appears again, this time being nailed to the cross by a Roman centurion, on the back of a flat bed truck. You don't need a photo of THAT tableau!
July 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Christ was in Clerkenwell today, for the Festa Della Madonna Del Carmine, at the Italian Church. Here he carries his cross in the procession.
Later on he appears again, this time being nailed to the cross by a Roman centurion, on the back of a flat bed truck. You don't need a photo of THAT tableau!
Later on he appears again, this time being nailed to the cross by a Roman centurion, on the back of a flat bed truck. You don't need a photo of THAT tableau!
Wendover House, the largest block on the Aylesbury Estate, Walworth, seen from Burgess Park. Now empty, protected by high fences and dog patrols, and awaiting demolition.
Mixed feelings. Was the estate poor by design or just poorly managed? Anyway it will soon be gone, to be replaced by something.
Mixed feelings. Was the estate poor by design or just poorly managed? Anyway it will soon be gone, to be replaced by something.
June 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Wendover House, the largest block on the Aylesbury Estate, Walworth, seen from Burgess Park. Now empty, protected by high fences and dog patrols, and awaiting demolition.
Mixed feelings. Was the estate poor by design or just poorly managed? Anyway it will soon be gone, to be replaced by something.
Mixed feelings. Was the estate poor by design or just poorly managed? Anyway it will soon be gone, to be replaced by something.
6am on a Sunday morning ride in Wapping, a car stopped beside me. The passenger, in his early 20s, engaged me in a friendly conversation. I had no idea what it was about, but we parted on good terms. On reflection I think he may have been selling drugs. Or looking to buy them.
Flattering anyway.
Flattering anyway.
June 26, 2025 at 12:05 PM
6am on a Sunday morning ride in Wapping, a car stopped beside me. The passenger, in his early 20s, engaged me in a friendly conversation. I had no idea what it was about, but we parted on good terms. On reflection I think he may have been selling drugs. Or looking to buy them.
Flattering anyway.
Flattering anyway.
Extraordinary folk art/graffiti on top of the river wall at Bermondsey Wall East.
It seems to be a commentary of a lady queuing for QEII's lying-in-state (Sep '22). But something's odd. The work is dated Jun '23, and the flippant tone seems incongruous for a royalist. (Who else would queue 36 hrs?)
It seems to be a commentary of a lady queuing for QEII's lying-in-state (Sep '22). But something's odd. The work is dated Jun '23, and the flippant tone seems incongruous for a royalist. (Who else would queue 36 hrs?)
![On a smooth horizontal surface of dark engineering bricks (the top of a wall) is a drawing in white pen of a skeleton in a coffin. The skeleton wears a crown and is a depiction of Queen Elizabeth II. Surrounding the coffin are various comments [see further images for details].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zjxklmqbx4pm7rg5z2jodl4l/bafkreiai7uollszynb5sg2p2q5q4zanbvreujwltru6x4p2a4mssd76fpu@jpeg)
June 24, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Extraordinary folk art/graffiti on top of the river wall at Bermondsey Wall East.
It seems to be a commentary of a lady queuing for QEII's lying-in-state (Sep '22). But something's odd. The work is dated Jun '23, and the flippant tone seems incongruous for a royalist. (Who else would queue 36 hrs?)
It seems to be a commentary of a lady queuing for QEII's lying-in-state (Sep '22). But something's odd. The work is dated Jun '23, and the flippant tone seems incongruous for a royalist. (Who else would queue 36 hrs?)
Over the road, builders have spent a few hours hauling materials up to the roof with a squeaky pulley. It's like having Trump's military parade passing the house.
June 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Over the road, builders have spent a few hours hauling materials up to the roof with a squeaky pulley. It's like having Trump's military parade passing the house.
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I am privileged to announce the publication of the Anti-Autocracy Handbook: sks.to/autocracy 1/12
The Anti-Autocracy Handbook: A Scholars' Guide to Navigating Democratic Backsliding
The Anti-Autocracy Handbook is a call to action, resilience, and collective defence of democracy, truth, and academic freedom in the face of mounting authoritarianism. It tries to provide guidance to ...
sks.to
June 19, 2025 at 9:44 AM
I am privileged to announce the publication of the Anti-Autocracy Handbook: sks.to/autocracy 1/12
Imperfect symmetry (Dorset House, Holloway Rd).
A pair of modest shops perhaps. But look at the decorative features that have survived. The scrolls of the balustrade. The Greek meanders. The dentillated cornices. The finials. Cor!
Admire the resolve to maintain the colour split across the plaque.
A pair of modest shops perhaps. But look at the decorative features that have survived. The scrolls of the balustrade. The Greek meanders. The dentillated cornices. The finials. Cor!
Admire the resolve to maintain the colour split across the plaque.
June 15, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Imperfect symmetry (Dorset House, Holloway Rd).
A pair of modest shops perhaps. But look at the decorative features that have survived. The scrolls of the balustrade. The Greek meanders. The dentillated cornices. The finials. Cor!
Admire the resolve to maintain the colour split across the plaque.
A pair of modest shops perhaps. But look at the decorative features that have survived. The scrolls of the balustrade. The Greek meanders. The dentillated cornices. The finials. Cor!
Admire the resolve to maintain the colour split across the plaque.
Continuing the journey along Cycle Route 12 (aka The Earl of Warwick's Anabasis in reverse).
After 1/4 of a mile - mostly downhill - along Dancers Lane, I reach a gate. There's a C12 sign. I'm in the right place.
Watch the stinging nettles.
After 1/4 of a mile - mostly downhill - along Dancers Lane, I reach a gate. There's a C12 sign. I'm in the right place.
Watch the stinging nettles.
June 13, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Continuing the journey along Cycle Route 12 (aka The Earl of Warwick's Anabasis in reverse).
After 1/4 of a mile - mostly downhill - along Dancers Lane, I reach a gate. There's a C12 sign. I'm in the right place.
Watch the stinging nettles.
After 1/4 of a mile - mostly downhill - along Dancers Lane, I reach a gate. There's a C12 sign. I'm in the right place.
Watch the stinging nettles.
Cycle Route 12, at Wash Lane, near South Mimms. There are reasons to think that this is the route followed by medieval travellers between London and St Albans. Watling St was in disrepair for some years, so Barnet, despite its hills, became the preferred option (as seen in the Gough Map c.1400).
June 12, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Cycle Route 12, at Wash Lane, near South Mimms. There are reasons to think that this is the route followed by medieval travellers between London and St Albans. Watling St was in disrepair for some years, so Barnet, despite its hills, became the preferred option (as seen in the Gough Map c.1400).
This at Teddington Lock must rank among the ugliest Thames-side developments. Show me worse.
Three 1990s apartment blocks (Regatta, Fairmile & Admiral Houses). Described by the council as "most distinctive". True.
A migraine in ochre and terracotta. Like a cruise ship reflected in a broken mirror.
Three 1990s apartment blocks (Regatta, Fairmile & Admiral Houses). Described by the council as "most distinctive". True.
A migraine in ochre and terracotta. Like a cruise ship reflected in a broken mirror.
June 11, 2025 at 11:50 PM
This at Teddington Lock must rank among the ugliest Thames-side developments. Show me worse.
Three 1990s apartment blocks (Regatta, Fairmile & Admiral Houses). Described by the council as "most distinctive". True.
A migraine in ochre and terracotta. Like a cruise ship reflected in a broken mirror.
Three 1990s apartment blocks (Regatta, Fairmile & Admiral Houses). Described by the council as "most distinctive". True.
A migraine in ochre and terracotta. Like a cruise ship reflected in a broken mirror.
Berkeley Homes, phoning it in. (Imperial Square, Finchley)
Spot the difference.
Spot the difference.
June 8, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Berkeley Homes, phoning it in. (Imperial Square, Finchley)
Spot the difference.
Spot the difference.
I think this is the site of Rod Stewart's birth and childhood home.
Look - he often behaves like a complete idiot, but he's a great singer with a beautiful soul, and this location needs some sort of monument.
The campaign begins here!
Look - he often behaves like a complete idiot, but he's a great singer with a beautiful soul, and this location needs some sort of monument.
The campaign begins here!
Council plans new homes on Highgate car wash site
The Haringey Council scheme is part of its wider efforts to build 3,000 social homes across the borough
haringeycommunitypress.co.uk/2025/05/14/c...
The Haringey Council scheme is part of its wider efforts to build 3,000 social homes across the borough
haringeycommunitypress.co.uk/2025/05/14/c...
Council plans new homes on Highgate car wash site
The Haringey Council scheme is part of its wider efforts to build 3,000 social homes across the borough
haringeycommunitypress.co.uk
May 22, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I think this is the site of Rod Stewart's birth and childhood home.
Look - he often behaves like a complete idiot, but he's a great singer with a beautiful soul, and this location needs some sort of monument.
The campaign begins here!
Look - he often behaves like a complete idiot, but he's a great singer with a beautiful soul, and this location needs some sort of monument.
The campaign begins here!
These days the job of school caretaker is one of low wages, split shifts, and a maintenance schedule in the hands of the school bursar.
Long ago and far away (in Kensal Rise), things were different.
'Residence', if you please! That's right lah-de-dah, like a proper aristocrat.
Long ago and far away (in Kensal Rise), things were different.
'Residence', if you please! That's right lah-de-dah, like a proper aristocrat.
May 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
These days the job of school caretaker is one of low wages, split shifts, and a maintenance schedule in the hands of the school bursar.
Long ago and far away (in Kensal Rise), things were different.
'Residence', if you please! That's right lah-de-dah, like a proper aristocrat.
Long ago and far away (in Kensal Rise), things were different.
'Residence', if you please! That's right lah-de-dah, like a proper aristocrat.
South London is a foreign country. They do things differently there.
May 18, 2025 at 9:23 PM
South London is a foreign country. They do things differently there.
The top sign, before it fell, pointed to a single address: currently that of a legal adviser, but also subject of a planning application.
Can anyone explain why the location merited a street sign? Will there be a paper trail?
The sign in in LB Barnet while the address is Haringey.
Can anyone explain why the location merited a street sign? Will there be a paper trail?
The sign in in LB Barnet while the address is Haringey.
May 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The top sign, before it fell, pointed to a single address: currently that of a legal adviser, but also subject of a planning application.
Can anyone explain why the location merited a street sign? Will there be a paper trail?
The sign in in LB Barnet while the address is Haringey.
Can anyone explain why the location merited a street sign? Will there be a paper trail?
The sign in in LB Barnet while the address is Haringey.
Squalid chapters to be written about this country - there are enough to fill several volumes. Recent immigration policy wouldn't even make a footnote.
May 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Squalid chapters to be written about this country - there are enough to fill several volumes. Recent immigration policy wouldn't even make a footnote.
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Looking at a planning application in East Finchley, I happened upon that same Metropolitan Water Board corridor we see in Golders Green.
Looking at a planning application in East Finchley, I happened upon that same Metropolitan Water Board corridor we see in Golders Green.
May 14, 2025 at 4:39 PM
@timenw.bsky.social @mikeyashworth.bsky.social
Looking at a planning application in East Finchley, I happened upon that same Metropolitan Water Board corridor we see in Golders Green.
Looking at a planning application in East Finchley, I happened upon that same Metropolitan Water Board corridor we see in Golders Green.
The extravagant ornamentation of this entrance leads archaeologists to believe that Postmen were a high status or priest caste.
(Old sorting office, Winchmore Hill)
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(Old sorting office, Winchmore Hill)
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May 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM
The extravagant ornamentation of this entrance leads archaeologists to believe that Postmen were a high status or priest caste.
(Old sorting office, Winchmore Hill)
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(Old sorting office, Winchmore Hill)
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View south along Stephenson St, Canning Town. A shimmering future viewed from a grotty past.
One day there will be no industrial spaces left in the capital. All will be residential (and coffee shops).
One day there will be no industrial spaces left in the capital. All will be residential (and coffee shops).
May 6, 2025 at 10:32 PM
View south along Stephenson St, Canning Town. A shimmering future viewed from a grotty past.
One day there will be no industrial spaces left in the capital. All will be residential (and coffee shops).
One day there will be no industrial spaces left in the capital. All will be residential (and coffee shops).
For what he did to the parish church, the children of Chipping Barnet learn early to spit on the memory of William Butterfield (1814 – 1900). They sing comic songs about his tasteless Gothic Revival, his flint and chequerboard flushwork.
On the other hand, in certain lights, it looks rather nice.
On the other hand, in certain lights, it looks rather nice.
May 1, 2025 at 9:08 AM
For what he did to the parish church, the children of Chipping Barnet learn early to spit on the memory of William Butterfield (1814 – 1900). They sing comic songs about his tasteless Gothic Revival, his flint and chequerboard flushwork.
On the other hand, in certain lights, it looks rather nice.
On the other hand, in certain lights, it looks rather nice.
Garage in constant use (Leyton).
April 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Garage in constant use (Leyton).
Wonderfully euphemistic notice at Barking Riverside.
Is the problem tour buses?
Is the problem tour buses?
April 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Wonderfully euphemistic notice at Barking Riverside.
Is the problem tour buses?
Is the problem tour buses?