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Saw this piece about a radically redesigned East Dulwich house. Wacky certainly, but liveable in? Not so sure.... https://www.dezeen.com/2025/12/18/can-druid-grove-renovation-london/ "Cave-like openings, green timber tendrils and a monolithic standing stone all feature in Druid Grove, a London house recently renovated by local studio CAN. Located in East Dulwich, the three-bedroom townhouse was updated and extended for a visual artist, whose own work informed the creation of what CAN founder Mat Barnes calls a "mystical" space."

The queue there today and yesterday afternoon stretched half way down the stairs. Much patience required!

This is a very thoughtful film about the toxic and traumatic effects of boarding schools on our ruling class and therefore on us. It's pay-for, but the trailer will give you flavour of it.

Ah, that's a shame. Best wishes to them. They nursed my old 19-year-old Peugeot through many an MOT and were always friendly and helpful.

Young at heart...

Many thanks, Sue – it was a fine evening! BNG

Aiming to be there!

In spring and early summer, try a walk through Green Dale, and you should be able to see/hear chiffchaffs, whitethroats and green woodpeckers, as well as the more regular garden birds

This thread brings back hazy memories from the early to mid-90s of a wine shop / off licence off Lordship Lane run by a bibulous chap who specialised in East European wines. It wasn't on a parade of shops but was on maybe Whateley Rd – or possibly Goodrich?? I used to walk past it when heading home from work and would drop in for a cheap bottle of Hungarian plonk. Someone tell me I'm not dreaming this... 🙂

'Turn on red' is normal in the USA, unless there is a sign indicating "No Turn on Red." However drivers (and presumably cyclists) must come to a complete stop and yield to any pedestrians and oncoming traffic before making the turn. Not so sure about allowing 'straight ahead on red'...

Looks like they have massive issues with numbers of visitors too... “People have literally just arrived and are refusing to leave. Chaos. They booked out all the lane spaces but let people in. Absolute sh*t show.” https://www.the-londoner.co.uk/were-police-called-to-brockwell-lido/

A fun evening! Many thanks, Sue!

Their finest moment...

But people do travel there for non-retail reasons – it's attractive, leafy, it has the park and the gallery – and then fancy a coffee and a cake... Re Romeo Jones, rising costs were the primary reason for closure, but the LTNs had created a situation where revenue has been noticeably down since they were introduced, making businesses vulnerable to any other blows.

More on their dodginess: https://www.the-londoner.co.uk/we-r-blighty-fake-charity/