It's like this on Queensferry Road in Edinburgh - 40mph always felt too fast to me, typically very busy , lots of junctions and collisions. They've popped it down to 30 but it's now a bit silly at 11… (View Post)

I dunno. I think the overall package - including the astonishing public and private investment - would be a resounding yes. The problem isn't really the immigration, imo. It's the economic stagnation… (View Post)

I'm not upset. It's great. It's an incredible city and I'd live there in a heartbeat. Commuting down the Thames on the boat, or whizzing along the Embankment, or jogging round Regent's Park. The food… (View Post)

It is a bit of a cultural shock coming from Scotland. But I'm reminded of a Gaelic-speaking friend who had to stand up and tell a young couple from Uist she could understand every word of filth they … (View Post)

It was a weird image thing for me. They just aren't cool. But once you embrace the open-to-navel shirt, panniers, and bottles of wine in your bottle cages look, you can't go back. That's how I'll arr… (View Post)