In Kardboard, Komrades #23
A private tour inside Lambeth Fire Station, London Fire Brigade’s Art Deco HQ
via @JanesLondon
Posts in "links"
Links for 06-02-26
“Lime bike boss proposes adjusting traffic lights “to reward safe cyclists”
Good luck with that one, as they say.
Links for 04-02-26
“So if you want a £5 English breakfast, to get your watch fixed, to buy some jewellery or get hold of an egg timer, go in whilst you still can and say hello.”
Left Lion on the demise of the Vicky Centre Market. And yep, I use to work there.
Links for 02-02-26
GP with Stewart Lee, and a superb Sly Dunbar tribute for the final 30
“If everyone just sits around having meetings all the time you end up like Jeremy Corbyn and Zara Sultana in Your Party having a series of endless meetings with very little forward motion.”
Links for 01-02-26
" I am determined and I am dogged. I don’t think my ability has got me as far as it should have. That’s my belief. I know my stuff is different. I know it’s not for everyone. But I would rather be different but I accept that being different in anything means a more circuitous route."
Wise words, via the Coffee Ponce of SW8.
Ha, bloody ha, etc.
Feb 4 is the midpoint of winter. Almost half-way home"
via Dave Winer
Links for 29-01-26
“Will they have a ceremony for the last domain to be turned off, kind of like the last Blockbuster was. Does anyone remember Blockbuster?”
via @davewiner
“We were joined by colleagues from government: Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves, Health Secretary Wes Streeting, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson, Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden, Science, Innovation and Technology Secretary Liz Kendall, Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary Steve Reed, Chief Whip Jonathan Reynolds, and the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff Morgan McSweeney.”
Links for 28-01-26
Riding high: the triumph and tragedy of Tom Simpson
Colchester ranked in the top 20 most romantic UK cities
Colchester Condom, innit.
Police confirm U-turn on controversial policy not to investigate stolen bikes left outside train stations for more than two hours
Links for 27-01-26
All your favourite bands hate fascism
Uncle Bill doing what he does best: write, record, release.
via @memespring
26 things all cyclists should learn: Get to know the basics to make your riding simpler, cheaper and more enjoyable
Links for 26-01-26
“Enter the Governments Non-Dreamer in Residence, Steve Reed…”
The Co-op Council’s Poster Boy is no friend of #localgov. Especially in Lambeth.
Links for 25-01-26
Peter Shilton’s ‘hand of god’ shirt to be sold this year
Harry Hodge should buy it.
Councils lack resources to successfully deliver LTNs amid “culture wars”, study finds
The more I cycle, the militant I become. Chapeau!
“These are special days; occasions we have longed for, but I have this horrible feeling we are going to let them slip away without much of a fight if we aren’t careful. I think it’s why many ended up so dismayed and even angry, because these days on the continent aren’t something we are entitled to expect again anytime soon. Once this adventure is over, we don’t know when we will return.”