The Punter on Osney Island. A lovely pub (esp if you can sit by the river) which does lovely vegetarian and vegan food.

We're now at "black people aren't British". Open sewer racism. Look forward to seeing him on QT again soon.

It was probably one of your many sworn anemones

I sat behind someone like this on a train recently. Wrote down all the personal details I'd heard shouted across the carriage, and passed it over to him. Think he got the point.

This is my new commute. It's crazy how a tiny minority of drivers are given priority over everyone else - the bus lane on Chiswick High Road is blocked every day by some entitled idiot in an SUV. Might need to campaign for every London bus to be fitted with a bazooka.

I think anyone who has engaged with Tom Rees, or seen him speak on SEND, would find your characterisation of him as a faceless "insider" a bit unkind and untrue.

Thanks for your advice, Dug! I wish I'd read your helpful message before I tried to cycle a cargo bike to Nairobi this summer. I hadn't realised there are different transport options available.

Here's a blog I wrote to get you started. schoolstreets.substack.com/p/the-school...

Your campaign is crass and lazy. You made the cheap shot to try and go viral. Maybe you could now show your ability by tackling a genuine social issue. I'm pretty sure every school near you would be delighted with your assistance in cutting down dangerous and unnecessary school-run traffic.

Being a "regular cyclist" doesn't make you immune from motornormativity - some of the most fanatical anti-traffic restrictions campaigners (Ediz, for example, who is easily found on here) are also cyclists.

1. Rain Dogs (Tom Waits)
2. Umbrella (Rihanna)
3. Have You Ever Seen the Rain? (CCR)
4. November Rain (Guns n Roses)
5. Don't Rain On My Parade (Barbra Streisand)

#FridayFive

If you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

If you're a junior accountant who's bought an ugly BMW on a lease and thinks it makes you Very Superior, everything looks like a parking space. Pavements are for the little people who "walk" (losers) so they can be blocked whenever.

In fact it might be longer than it was in the 1990s. I expect the drift of tectonic plates has increased the distance.