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The moment that you realise that you've opened a bottle of Guigal Cote-Rotie and not a midweek bottle of Guigal Cotes du Rhone! An upgrade that needs to be paired with The Fall and their version of Lost in Music. No Clodagh Rogers but there is a mention of Lulu just after the first tune. I...

https://citymapper.com/?lang=en City Mapper is great for real time travel options.

Wow!

Cycled past Dash the Henge in Camberwell, real party atmosphere, music outside and people having fun on the pavement. I had a couple of tickets on Dice for Rough Trade East but I was told that they'd decided that everyone had to queue, ticket or not! The queue was huge as people wanted to see...

https://tickets.paris2024.org/en/search/?affiliate=24R There are tickets still available and still being released. They are not cheap! Apparently London is the place to stay of you're off to the Olympics. Paris is booked up and Euro Star is the way to go.

The optimist in me is visualising the title race as three cyclists ahead of the race employing regular rotation to sustain the pace. The rider on the front flicking the elbow to signal that they've done their turn in the wind. There are no prizes for being in the lead with six laps to go.

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I've away thought he sounded like a Poundshop Tony Blair

Could also try a butler's friend. If no joy hire a butler.

This is all quite interesting. There's piece in the Economist that suggests Khan's greatest achievement was the introduction of ULEZ to greater London. The problem is that the backlash hurt so much that he has given up on trialling pay per mile which would likely have reduced over reliance on...

I've always said that MP's who lose/resign the whip should trigger an immediate by-election to let the electorate decide who represents them. It is nonsense to allow them to continue as independents. Makes a mockery of the system.

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Citizens of Herne Hill, Pfeiffer Georgi and Fred Wright finished 3rd and 12th in the Women's and Men's Roubaix. I'd be shocked and gutted if they were on the juice.

The first Lump record is very good. Met the band and have a signed copy.