"It is simply because Brummies, as a product of their insanely complicated road network, have evolved to be brilliant oblique thinkers. Londoners, living at the centre of a hub and spoke system of roads, are inclined to be crass, direct thinkers."

I have it on good authority that this exhibition at the V&A is worth going to

I once walked across London (Waterloo to Camden) on Christmas morning and it really is as eerie as this. <i>via <a href="http://www.kottke.org/09/01/abandoned-london">Kottke</a></i>

Meg's powers of description always amaze. A lovely glimpse of London.

"a festival of social games and playful experiences" encompassing "everything from fine artists making location-based work to huge flashmob games within the public spaces of the Southbank Centre." Looks pretty mental and fascinating.

"The City of London police came under fire two years ago when it emerged that more than 20 officers, ranging from constable to chief superintendent, had accepted gifts worth thousands of pounds from the Church of Scientology."

The inevitable lolBoris