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Praise indeed

I have just published my own book: London Babylon and I have written the first instalment of a blog which pretty much asks the same question the other way round: 'Why does anyone bother writing books?" By the way it's in Cheners

Notice I've resisted the temptation to plug my book London Babylon which is on display in Chener's window.

get him a book

Palimpsest is a good one isn't it? OK delete that Palimpsest is good isn't it?

Is it possible that Gary went along with it? Did it appeal to his inner martyr? It seemed to me that the programme was putting ideas in the heads of vigilantes.

A bouncing 414 pages of large format ecstasy tipping the scales at just over a kilo - tiny in infant terms but biblical in er bibliographical terms

Glad you noticed. Would you like your copy signed?

John has dug deep and thinks there is enough in the till to fix up the sign. And he'll be putting in an entire new and improved shopfront just as soon in 2010 as the man can come and fit it. It would obviously be daft to do the shopfront just before Christmas not least because my new book is on display in it and it would be a shame if instead of looking majestic behind glass it was instead concealing its light behind a tarpaulin. So obviously we owe John our thanks for smartening up the frontage although it's a bit of a shame the old sign couldn't have been preserved for future generations. And we should support him by buying more books than ever, lots of mine and some by other people.

The best girl's secondary is Coloma in Shirley

Maggie and Dennis supposedly liked the house because of the proximity of the golf course but also, the rumour went, because there was a handy nuclear bunker in the middle of it - the golf course that is.

Apparently, when they feel unwelcome, they move on and an air gun can be a great persuader

JahLush and I were exploring the electric avenue that is reality the last night and no matter what I did I couldn't get the music up any louder. Spooky. Fortunate for the neighbours but also really annoying. Was it: 1) the good taste fairy rejecting Echo and the Bunnymen? 2) the batteries have gone in the remote? 3) a poltergeist? 4) the amp was flat out already? I had a flatmate when I lived in Matham who was a poltergeist - crashing about during the night, moving the furniture, stealing food, donating money to charity with my Visa, causing stuff to fly around the room and occasionally screaming. He also stole pasties from Somerfield when it wasn't called that and ate them before he got to the checkout. It might be a good thread for the Lounge: flatmates

Another decent thread hijacked

About ten years ago I used to hear bagpipes at 6 in the morning coming from the middle of Dulwich park. It wasn't unpleasant, I've long been a closet fan of the strangled cat. But for some time I dismissed it as just a new addition to the dissonant orchestra that goes on in in my head but one morning the wife heard it too. After a few months it stopped and now I quite miss it. Anyone else heard the phantom piper at the gates of dawn?

My piece predates the NS piece and is less vitriolic dulwich on view

Long ago, Franklins used to be a chemicals business. There were vats of bubbling acids in the back yard. The owner was a bit of a ladies man and had built a private club in the basement with a little dance floor and a bar where he 'entertained'. I visited once with my girlfriend but the bar only served scotch and things became very hazy very quickly so we scarpered. He closed that business and turned the shop into a greasy called Get Stuffed.

Have you noticed how early Hal and Hugeunot get up in the mornings? Could this spat all be attributed to wrong side of the bed?

argument withdrawn - new argument festering

Damn, I wasn't expecting a polite response. How can I hate them now? Dear Steve, Thank you for your email, we are looking into this matter and I will update you further next week. Regards, Rosie Nagle ------------------------------------ Rosie Nagle PR Officer Marketing, Foxtons T: 020 7893 6343 M: 07773 816 312 F: 020 3249 4943 E: Rosie.Nagle@foxtons.co.uk W: http://www.foxtons.co.uk

My guess is that the branch manager may, if he can be bothered, look at this thread and conclude that as the edf is in flux about the issue, bugger 'em, burn that electric until there's no electric left. After all the forumites are already living here so commissions from them will be nish. Why rock the boat? The area manager would never understand why I, we, some of us, don't want a multi coloured swap shop and a load of parked up minis down the end of the strip.

Then we should get them turned off on the basis of it being: a) a bad role model for those without LED low powered lighting b) light pollution c) garish and vulgar d) like the big brother house e) an anachronistic, constant reminder of the idiocy of an economy based on house prices and greed We should immediately return to the days of gas mantles and horses, TB and abundant facial hair, especially on the men

And why not post here as well we hate foxtons

Here's their email Dulwich@foxtons.co.uk. Bombard it

I refer the honourable member to the reply I gave earlier. Twelve staff plus contractors on a job like that is ludicrous. You could run one of the nationals with that staffing