So, a lot of the things I've meant to post about in the past week or so suddenly seem rather petty, given that London is on fire.

We were sent home early today.  It was a strange, fretful atmosphere in the office to begin with; everyone was swapping details from the latest news stories in hushed tones, or exchanging rumours.  "My friend is in Fulham ( Read more... )

Dear Londoners,

I realise this may be an irrational prejudice on my part, or possibly a kind of cynicism that's set in after living here for three years, and I'm sorry for that, but in all seriousness:  If you sit down next to me on public transport and start talking, I will think you're a freak.  This is partly because NO ONE does this*, and partly ( Read more... )

So, I came to work today to find the office nearly deserted, because King's Cross station is closed.  I went on the Transport for London website to figure out when it's going to open again, as I'm planning to go see a play in West London tonight and the bus isn't going to be much help getting there, and this was splashed across the homepage:

"24 ( Read more... )

The Liberal Democrats Group of the Greater London Authority Assembly (that's the advisory and regulatory body for the Mayor of London) has this slogan on their website ( Read more... )