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@mattfromlondon.bsky.social
London explorer. Chief pilot of Londonist: Time Machine, a Substack about London History. Follow for lots of geeky observations about London.
Dang, and the cycle lanes, too
November 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Dang, and the cycle lanes, too
So, so chuffed that The Boroughs of London is currently filling the window of @dauntbookspub.bsky.social in Marylebone. It’s a real honour. If you can’t get to the shop you can order from them here dauntbooks.co.uk/shop/books/t...
October 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
So, so chuffed that The Boroughs of London is currently filling the window of @dauntbookspub.bsky.social in Marylebone. It’s a real honour. If you can’t get to the shop you can order from them here dauntbooks.co.uk/shop/books/t...
At the lovely Mercia Marina — supposedly the largest inland marina in Europe — in Derbyshire. Besides the obvious, it has shops, restaurants, a Norse goddess, free bikes, and a Cheese Boat that also sells novelty socks. Idyllic.
August 25, 2025 at 12:23 PM
At the lovely Mercia Marina — supposedly the largest inland marina in Europe — in Derbyshire. Besides the obvious, it has shops, restaurants, a Norse goddess, free bikes, and a Cheese Boat that also sells novelty socks. Idyllic.
Think I’ll pass, cheers. But thanks for the offer
August 19, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Think I’ll pass, cheers. But thanks for the offer
The Apple Store, Dorset style
August 5, 2025 at 8:25 AM
The Apple Store, Dorset style
An explicit version of Beethoven’s Fifth? What? I thought it was the Third that was dubbed the Erotica Symphony
July 13, 2025 at 9:14 PM
An explicit version of Beethoven’s Fifth? What? I thought it was the Third that was dubbed the Erotica Symphony
I’m pretty sure the Royal Courts of Justice in London inspired Castle Grayskull
July 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I’m pretty sure the Royal Courts of Justice in London inspired Castle Grayskull
The perils of naming your shop after a living person (these in Southgate and Waltham Forest)
July 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The perils of naming your shop after a living person (these in Southgate and Waltham Forest)
Just gone past my flat. Thanks for the tip-off
June 29, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Just gone past my flat. Thanks for the tip-off
Kids got me this lovely Star Wars pint glass for fathers’ day. And now they’ve gone to bed, can anyone explain what the round blueberry thing is… because I got it in my head that it’s Darth Vader’s sphincter, but I can’t say that out loud.
June 15, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Kids got me this lovely Star Wars pint glass for fathers’ day. And now they’ve gone to bed, can anyone explain what the round blueberry thing is… because I got it in my head that it’s Darth Vader’s sphincter, but I can’t say that out loud.
Spotted in Elstree. Awful and bizarre in equal measure.
June 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Spotted in Elstree. Awful and bizarre in equal measure.
“Ronald Reagan? The escapologist?”. The President’s statue in Grosvenor Square, London is not quite how I remember it.
June 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
“Ronald Reagan? The escapologist?”. The President’s statue in Grosvenor Square, London is not quite how I remember it.
Some interesting photo captioning in the Independent
May 28, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Some interesting photo captioning in the Independent
Reading with my six year old. His answer to this was “Using the Safari browser?”
May 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Reading with my six year old. His answer to this was “Using the Safari browser?”
I adore those AI results that Google insists on placing above traditional search results. Today I learned that Her Majesty was able to ride the London cable car a quarter of a century before it was built. Royal privilege, I guess
May 18, 2025 at 8:16 AM
I adore those AI results that Google insists on placing above traditional search results. Today I learned that Her Majesty was able to ride the London cable car a quarter of a century before it was built. Royal privilege, I guess
Today, my local supermarket had no bananas, yet was well stocked with figures of Otto, a very minor character from the Simpsons. If this is a symptom of the trade war, then I’m all for it.
May 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Today, my local supermarket had no bananas, yet was well stocked with figures of Otto, a very minor character from the Simpsons. If this is a symptom of the trade war, then I’m all for it.
I’m pretty sure that’s not Grimsby…
April 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I’m pretty sure that’s not Grimsby…
Finally, a Daily Mail headline I can get behind
February 28, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Finally, a Daily Mail headline I can get behind
Damnit, Woburn’s capybara are glitching again.
February 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Damnit, Woburn’s capybara are glitching again.
Well here’s a twist I never saw coming. Turns out that my heating bill is going to be paid for by He-Man. The new Masters of the Universe movie is going to be filming in my block of flats… and the producers have offered to pay a significant sum towards our service charge. How’s your day going?
January 31, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Well here’s a twist I never saw coming. Turns out that my heating bill is going to be paid for by He-Man. The new Masters of the Universe movie is going to be filming in my block of flats… and the producers have offered to pay a significant sum towards our service charge. How’s your day going?
I want to go through this door in Balham tube station so much
January 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I want to go through this door in Balham tube station so much