Forums tend to ebb and flow as people join and leave. I'd say this one is doing well to still be going, as a lot of this sort of thing has migrated over to community pages on Facebook.
I think a quote option would be nice. That way when things do g…
The birds on Tate Modern are Peregrine Falcon. The ones in Mornington Crescent probably will be too. Peregrines are naturally cliff-nesting birds, but they're adapting quite well to the urban environment and using tall buildings as 'cliffs'. You can…
There were two rival gangs where I grew up. The Arbury gang, which is the estate I grew up on, and the Milton Road gang. My next door neighbour's brother had both his arms broken by the Milton Road gang. He wasn't a member of the Arbury gang and did…
I went to the kind of school where pupils stabbed the teachers (this actually happened). It was also the 13th-worst-performing secondary school in all of England and Wales. You really don't need to be in London to have bullying, violence or a poor e…
I grew up in Cambridge, which is pretty cosmopolitan (although not to the same degree as London) and has music venues, galleries, theatres, museums etc. But I wouldn't want to move back to raise children. I'd much rather raise them here. Cambridge i…
So inspired by Misscara's suggestion to head north for a change, I cycled to Highgate today. Really lovely ride. Google Maps took me via Alexandra Park. Lots of hills though - I had to get off and walk at times. Coming back was great! High speed of …
Sorry, I didn't mean build new cities, but rather build up the ones that are already there. So instead of one (massive) hub in the south-east and one smaller in the north. So maybe Cambridge in the east, Portsmouth or Brighton in the south, Manchest…
On the subject of national media, I can't promise anything but if you can prepare a press release and send it to me we might be able to put something on our website. We'll need all relevant info and pic. But if the trees are earmarked for felling to…
If, as the article says, cities create hubs which boost whole regions, rather than making one second city, shouldn't we actually be trying to build several?
Lovely ride today. Along the River Lee through Walthamstow Marshes and Hackney Marshes and then Hertford Union Canal to Victoria Park. Pub lunch and then home.
Humans are responsible for many more bird deaths than cats. Also population growth requires ever more development and destruction of habitat. So really the best thing to do would be to cull a few million people.
Gorgeous weather today and apparently it's going to be even nicer at the weekend! My plan is to cycle to Victoria Park on Sunday and find a nice place to stop for lunch and then cycle back.