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Vacant seat was a Lib Dem defence. Labour hold the other seat in the ward.

While things are likely to be bad for Labour in next year’s local elections, I don’t think they’ll be quite that bad!

Are you going to be doing any more events in London, John? I missed the one you did earlier in the year due to illness.

Quite disappointed that Sam Fender won. Probably the artist who needed the recognition the least out of the nominees. Emma-Jean Thackray would have been my choice.

Hate to be that guy but The Sea Devils’ music was actually by Malcolm Clarke.

Blood Incantation performing at Shepherd’s Bush Empire

Blood Incantation performing at Shepherd’s Bush Empire

Saw Blood Incantation for the first time tonight and they were fantastic. If you get a chance to see them on this tour, do not hesitate!

Gravensteen Castle in Ghent at night

Part of The Eurorats installation by Luis Lazaro Matos at the SMAK museum in Ghent

Nova Twins onstage at Club Wintercircus in Ghent

Back from a very pleasant stay in Ghent. Lovely architecture, great food and drink and cool places to hang out in. Definitely intend to go back at some point.

Ellie Rowsell, Theo Ellis and Joff Oddie from Wolf Alice onstage at Circuit in Kingston, London.

Wolf Alice performing at Circuit in Kingston, London

Very much enjoyed seeing Wolf Alice at an intimate gig in Kingston earlier today. Ellie Rowsell is such a good singer!

West Hampstead has often been close between Labour and the Lib Dems. They almost won a seat in the ward at the last Camden elections in 2022 when Labour were still in opposition nationally. Not saying that Labour won’t struggle in London next year but they are unlikely to lose Camden.

I don’t know why she is still their leader on the Assembly as she is utterly woeful. If they replaced her with Andrew Boff or Emma Best, they might start getting somewhere in London. Until then, they’ll continue their slide into irrelevance.

Went to see Together earlier today. Probably the best argument for staying single that I’ve seen for some time!

Mark Justin in Nine Elms. Which just happens to be my ward!

Record player with vinyl copy of Black Sabbath - Vol. 4 on a shelf above player

Feels appropriate to listen to this classic album today. RIP Ozzy.

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Iga Swiatek serving at Wimbledon

Jannik Sinner serving at Wimbledon

Went to Wimbledon yesterday and saw two very good matches: Iga Swiatek v Liudmila Samsonova and Jannik Sinner vs Blake Shelton. Great weather for it too!

Ghost did it on their UK tour in April. Jack White has it at his shows too.

Visited the Grayson Perry exhibition at the Wallace Collection for my birthday earlier today. Good fun as always from Mr. Perry. Also had a very tasty Match Point Tart from L’eto in Covent Garden.

High Vis at Crystal Palace Park

Deftones at Crystal Palace Park

Another enjoyable outdoor gig. This time courtesy of Deftones, Weezer and High Vis. Crystal Palace Park is a really nice venue for outdoor shows.

I’m watching it right now on iPlayer and they’ve said “Fuck Keir Starmer” several times.

It’s on the Northern line too. Granted, it’s nowhere near as bad as the Bakerloo line and has mostly been on the carriage exteriors but I have also seen some graffiti inside the carriages on recent trips. It does seem to be a wider problem now.

Belgian Death/Thrash metal band Schizophrenia on stage at the Underworld in London.

US thrash metal legends Dark Angel on stage at the Underworld in London.

Thoroughly enjoyed seeing Dark Angel at their first London show in 34 years and playing their classic album Darkness Descends in its entirety! Also got to see the excellent Schizophrenia supporting them who I’ve wanted to see for ages. A great night of old-school thrash! \m/

Mannequin Pussy at Wide Awake Festival

Sprints at Wide Awake Festival

Fat Dog at Wide Awake Festival

Kneecap at Wide Awake Festival

Had a good time at the Wide Awake Festival this past Friday. Particularly enjoyed the sets from Mannequin Pussy, English Teacher, Sprints, Fat Dog and Kneecap. Hope it will be back next year.

#1 would be the most responsible, #2 would be the most fulfilling and #3 would be pure insanity. I would choose #2.

Lambrini Girls on stage at Electric Brixton, London

Saw Lambrini Girls earlier this evening. If you get a chance to see them, do not hesitate. You will definitely have a great time!

Met these two earlier today. As you can see, they were thrilled to meet me!

My second fox encounter in as many days. This one was most definitely not shy!

A rare visitor to my home this morning.

Some of us were never clubbers in the first place! Much more into gigs and festivals (still am). Great article though. More of this kind of content please.

Mural of Paddington Bear in Waterloo

“Mrs. Brown says that in London everyone is different, and that means anyone can fit in.” - Paddington Bear.

I couldn’t have said it better.

Record player and LP cover on shelf

Trying out my new shelf for displaying
vinyl with Science Not Fiction by Orange Goblin.