Reminiscing now. Have just worked out the route we took: Pinner- Baker Street (Met) Baker Street-Waterloo(Bakerloo) Waterloo-Bank(W&C) Bank-Mile End(Central) Mile End- Embankment(District) *Lunch… (View Post)

I've only done the W&C once. I was about 8. We were staying with my grandparents in Pinner, and my grandfather kindly condescended to take his geeky grandson for a day on the tubes. We did e… (View Post)

Mm, not saying it wasn't an issue to be worried about before. But lockdown turned it from a one-in-a-class incident to a 5-to-10 -in-a-class incident. As I say, hopefully we're now getting … (View Post)

What we're seeing with four and five year olds is the after-effects of lockdown. It's been the case for two or three years. "Not ready for school" is in many cases a euphemism for… (View Post)

I do believe they see housing as a genuine priority. I can't pretend to be close to the heart of government, or even peripheral to it, but what I have heard of governmenty conversations indicate… (View Post)