Dogkennelhillbilly

Not sure if you've read the link but Crick's reporting for his 2002 book is different to the Guardian's reporting for its article last week.

Dulwich College doesn't seem to have issued any statement on its (surprisingly active!) news page, although tbf it's not clear if anyone has asked them to comment since publication of the story. Farage has denied "directly" racially abusing anyone. 🤔 https://www.dulwich.org.uk/news-events/news https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c87lx0981nro

https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/337595-decision-2-april-proposed-development-the-sidings-railway-rise-se22/#comment-1647662

Enterprise messed up my reservation last week, so they are in my bad books. Turo and Hiyacar are peer to peer care rental apps that might have vehicles in Dulwich. Turo doesn't have a great reputation...

Not really imvho - the Dulwich College angle is more interesting. Everyone has already made their mind up one way or another about NF.

🙄 Moan, moan, moan.

I heard that GBK closed because they burgered up their marketing.

No, it doesn't. It's a lot of work and the library is a shagged out heritage building. You admit that you don't even know the scope of the work. It's not refitting a corner shop over the Xmas holidays.

Peachy Goat in Herne Hill is being replaced by Mino. The space is being redecorated.

A detailed account of Nigel Farage's alleged racist and neofascist behaviour while he attended Dulwich College appears in the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2025/nov/18/deeply-shocking-nigel-farage-faces-fresh-claims-of-racism-and-antisemitism-at-school Obviously for most the relevant question is if these allegations are true, then is Farage a suitable person for public office? But for Dulwich local yokels (and tbh anyone that's already formed a firm opinion about Farage), the more interesting question might be whether Dulwich College incubated and tolerated pupils' racist and bigoted behaviour at the time? After all, the allegations include that NF and a number of other boys sang songs about gassing Jews and engaged in other bigoted behaviour, that teachers were either present or aware of that behaviour, and that nothing was done. It's remarkable that pieces of the reporting abour 40 years ago mirror some of the allegations about Dulwich College's reaction to some pupils' alleged sexist and predatory behaviour 4 years ago. Minimisation, dismissal, wilful blindness... https://www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/article/i-warned-head-of-dulwich-college-about-abusive-boys-five-years-ago-xkxgjftk8 https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/mar/26/dulwich-college-head-warns-pupils-over-culture-protest

"Infamy! Infamy! They've all got it in for me!"

Absolute rave review for the food at 2210 by Natty Can Cook in Herne Hill. 👏👏👏 Grace Dent of the Guardian is no easy reviewer. https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/nov/16/2210-by-natty-can-cook-london-se24-grace-dent-restaurant-review

I see we've gone from "don't make assumptions about why people wrapped their car around a lamppost" to "we can intuit a forensic offender profile from a photo of a crashed car". 🤣

#southwarkderangementsyndrome in action

🤣🤣🤣 "Crashes aren't road safety issues because they happen at night when I'm tucked up in bed". West Norwood this morning. Dangerous driver mounts the pavement, gets impaled on a bell bollard that protects the crossing, leaves vehicle unattended. Awaiting suggestion that this was caused by a medical emergency or swerving to avoid a nun carrying early morning milk to the orphanage home or something...

+1 We have limited road space. We need to ration it and allocate it to the highest and best use. Prioritising parking for a handful of private car owners over literally everyone else (pedestrians, bus lane users and "normal" drivers) is loopy. Shopkeepers *always* say that any change to parking will kill their business. It's never based on data and it never comes true. Having unrestricted parking bays in front of a shop decreases access because people park there all day. Having short time-limited parking bays encourages turnover and lets drivers pop into the shops for quick visits. There is a section of people on this forum for whom any change for any reason is undesirable and to be moaned about. It's not conservatism (in its non-partisan sense), it's nihilism.

It seems like a very sensible proposal. It would connect 6 busy schools (which collectively attract literally thousands of journeys every day) with the rail/bus hub at Tulse Hill. There wouldn't be any additional infrastructure required. Meanwhile, loving CPR Dave's reinvention as a defender of cyclists and Dulwich Villagers oppressed by over-frequent buses. Maybe he forgot which account he was posting to...

Still under construction but it looks good from the ourside...

Doesn't the phone box across the street already do that? On some of them they've already ripped out the coin/card collection and just gve free calls. Let's not kid ourselves - this is about BT getting an electronic billboards on the street, and they havent been too diligent in taking care of manky phone box opposite.

They're big and ugly electronic advertising boards. There's a shagged out phone box across the road that could do the same thing!

If you "cotton on" and read the council announcement, it clearly states "The library will be closed from 17 November until late June or early July 2026." https://www.southwark.gov.uk/2025/dulwich-library-closing-refurbishment

Kwik Fit buggered up an A/C leak diagnosis for me (saying there wasn't one, when there was) and sold a regas. The vehicle had to be taken to an A/C specialist for condensor replacement and a further regas. Not impressed.

It's done while you wait. 🤷‍♂️

Probably by working as a banker for a decade before being an MP, being married to another high earner, and using some of the accommodation allowance that all out-of-town MPs receive. https://www.theipsa.org.uk/news/why-do-mps-need-an-accommodation-budget Tbh mate if someone in her position couldn't work out a mortgage to buy a house in suburban London, they probably shouldn't be Chancellor in the first place...

Is Dell Autos closing down completely or just moving? For whatever it's worth, for MOTs I've had good recent experience with The Test Centre in Deptford. They only do MOTs so they don't have any particular incentive to fail you and they usually have same day appointments. Open 7 days a week and late. https://www.thetestcentre.co.uk/our-test-centres/deptford-branch/ Obviously you would still need a "normal" garage to do servicing and repairs etc.