Dear New York,London’s hated having a Muslim mayor so much they’ve voted for him for three terms. #Newyork

may hire a plane and fly that post over Westminster 24/7 for the next few months

The driver "managed to contact the control centre at Network Rail and get the train diverted onto the slow line", Calder says. "That was absolutely crucial because this train was scheduled to be travelling through Huntingdon station on the tracks with no platform at 125mph." "It didn't stop in the middle of nowhere, which would have been very difficult." Calder thinks this was handled in the "safest possible way" thanks to the "incredible professionalism from the driver and the police". Train drivers are trained on how to take appropriate action, he adds,

Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC

I heard once about some young folk who went to hear John Martyn at the Fairfield Halls. Driving home after the gig they saw someone at the bus stop with a guitar case. It was John. They offered him a lift, and he ended up going back to theirs and smoking and playing half the night.

Cartoon “New building for Washington” with an image of a huge naked ass with an eagle statuette & the title “Arse de Trumph”

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Private Eye

Ahem.

Where to get the best French toast in London London brunchers love a bit of avo on sourdough. But if you really want to treat yourself then there's only one choice, French toast.

The perfect thing for a cold autumn morning, our guide to the very best French toast in town:
www.hot-dinners.com/Features/Hot...

Private Eye hits it every time @chadbourn.bsky.social

Donald Fagen released his debut solo album ‘The Nightfly’ 43 years ago on October 29, 1982 | Listen to the album + revisit our tribute here: album.ink/DFagenTN

"It was on this tiny budget, except for Dickie’s fee; the rest of us were all on pennies."

As a documentary recounts the making of a 70s comedy classic, its star talks about on-set chemistry, its royal following - and why it was deeper than it looked: trib.al/tKBVEqm

Waking up, again, to the sound of two white men on the radio arguing about whether it is ok to be made "mad" by the very sight of black and Asian people on TV. 😒

That’s no ballroom…

At hotel breakfast buffets, people show you who they really are

YouTube video by Chris Quartly Justin Currie Interview 23rd September 2014 at City Winery

Decided to throw up an old audio recording of an interview I did with @delamitri.bsky.social singer (and greatest ever songwriter) Justin Currie from 2014

youtu.be/GuiGp0RqvfA?...
The transcript is probably a better experience to avoid my voice

someothersuckersparade.blogspot.com/2014/10/just...

The new trains will increase seat capacity by 20%, with more than 1,000 seats per service

Read more: trib.al/7XyR6oa

Sadly, there's a lot to be said for Marina Hyde's analysis here. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

From the Archives. February 2021.

The Red Shoes costume designer was German refugee Hein Heckroth.

The artist fled Nazi Germany with his Jewish wife Ada and daughter in 1935.

When war broke out and fears of a "Fifth Column" were spread in The Mail and Express in 1940, Heckroth was rounded up... and sent to Australia on HMT Dunera.

Justin Currie talks Tremolo Diaries around the piano on this weeks Later…with Jools Holland

Sunday 26th October
BBC 2 10pm

Wilfred Brambell was 50 in Steptoe and Son

Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge, Chingford in mid 20th century. Image from VHM collection, available in our Searchroom.

Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge, Chingford in mid 20th century, showing decorative features from the late 19th century restoration. Built as the Great Standing in 1540s, it is now Grade II* listed, & described by English Heritage as an 'early and rare example of this building type'. #ImageoftheMonth

British holidaymakers were left stuck queueing in airport for over two hours after landing in Europe due to new post-Brexit checks

➡️ Read more: trib.al/99LaVTE

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Photograph showing foundations of Salisbury Hall, Walthamstow, from excavation in 1952. 📷 ©Vestry House Museum, from collection available in our Searchroom.

Salisbury Hall manor house, Walthamstow was situated south of the river Ching. Built in late 16th century to replace a medieval structure, it survived as a farmhouse until demolition in 1952. The medieval foundations were uncovered during the 1952 excavation. 📷 ©Vestry House Museum. #ArchaeologyDay

Council picks up three awards for Granada Theatre restoration project The restoration of the former Granada Cinema into Soho Theatre Walthamstow picked up three gongs at the Building London Planning Awards this week

Council picks up three awards for Granada Theatre restoration project

The restoration of the former Granada Cinema into Soho Theatre Walthamstow picked up three gongs at the Building London Planning Awards this week
walthamforestecho.co.uk/2025/10/17/c...

Donald Trump says crime in London is going through the roof. In reality the latest figures show that murders in London in the first nine months of 2025 were lower than in any year since monthly homicide records began in 2003, and 2025 saw a 7% drop in knife crime.

Absolutely epic thread. He was a former head teacher of the secondary school I went to. Just an old picture on a wall with the other former heads. No post-nominals. No fuss made. I expect now all this is known the school would make a bigger deal of him. It's the kind of school that would.

The right-wing campaign group that helped topple Roe v Wade in the US is now working to roll back abortion laws in the UK, with the help of Nigel Farage.

Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

SHOCK POLL: NIGEL FARAGE WILL BE PM TOMORROW IN an amazing poll conducted by The Pointless Polling Company, it was revealed that voters' intentions may well change over the next three and a half years and at present it's 100 percent impossible to guess what the next government might look like. However, 99 percent of journalists agree that it would be much more fun if we had an election tomorrow and everybody resigned and everything was chaos and Farage had a go at being PM, just for the hell of it, because it was so much fun when Brexit happened and then the government kept falling every five minutes and we could write endless pieces about (cont. p94)

Private Eye offers up an excellently scornful commentary on the relentless polling. It’s become ridiculous and has oversimplified our politics to dangerous levels of stupid and irresponsible.