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Neil
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A good service is operating on all other lines.

Semi-suburban salaryman. London.
Pinned
Short horror story, disguised as a Google review.
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Spotify's "On Repeat" playlist is perhaps a little too beguiling for those of us with obsessive compulsive tendencies
November 27, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Few things engender simultaneous feelings of bafflement, despair and delight quite like r/visitlondon. You’re visiting from overseas for the first time, you’re very worried about football hooliganism, have prioritised eating a Yorkshire pudding, and want to go to a football match…at Gillingham? Ok!
November 27, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Hopefully something in the Budget for the hardworking salaryman who can’t get his act together to take a packed lunch in to the office.
I ain’t paying £10.50 for a chicken wrap on a Monday.
November 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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I think at this point if you're including Diane Abbott - a woman who has never held government office, has been a backbencher since 2020, and is scarcely a government ally - on your list of political wrongdoers, we all know exactly what your real concerns are
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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oyster vending machine
November 26, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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You can keep your Poirots and your Marples, the greatest murder mystery moment on tv is when John Nettles discovers Selina Cadell has been popped into a tumble drier
November 25, 2025 at 9:55 PM
A bunch of new salaryman lunch places have opened near my office recently – Nonna, Grain, Garbanzos, etc – all apparently designed to make Pret seem like the cheapo option.
November 24, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Japanese Jazz at the Barbican tonight was very much a concert of two halves for me, Clive, but the multi-generational quintet were *fantastic*.
November 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
And now a pint of Dark Star Hophead, which really doesn’t seem to have suffered for its recent(?) strength reduction. 🍻
November 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Went to the Lee Miller show at Tate Britain this afternoon: very good, very sobering, and very, very busy.
November 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Westminster seems to have rebranded as ‘London Heritage Quarter’. Bit of a cheek, imo.
November 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
[extrapolating from one billboard]
Our culture is stuck.
November 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
SW London cafes of the mid-‘70’s. This must be right up the strasse of at least one person I know on here.

www.caferoyalbooks.com/shop/p/grenv...
Grenville Horner — Cafes & Snack Bars South West London 1975–1976 — Café Royal Books
Grenville Horner — Cafes & Snack Bars South West London 1975–1976
www.caferoyalbooks.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Season’s Greetings from SE7. #cafc
November 22, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Flicking the V’s half-heartedly in the direction of Sky Sports as I set off to the Valley for Too Early Football.
November 22, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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I know the government is keen to punish the unemployed, but if you've been forced to spend any time on LinkedIn, you've suffered enough.
November 22, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Back in LDN 🍻
November 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Bit of supermarket dessert calibration for the tl, based on my parents’ recent research:
- Lidl tiramisu: “better than M&S”
- Sainsbury’s egg custard tart: “not as good as M&S”
November 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Good book. #reviews
November 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
A reissue of jaimie branch’s tremendous final album is on its way and has reminded me that I had tickets for her last show in London but didn’t go as I was a bit under the weather. I should have gone, and should try to remember not make that mistake again.
intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/fly-or...
FLY or DIE II: bird dogs of paradise (IA11 edition), by jaimie branch
10 track album
intlanthem.bandcamp.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Probably shouldn’t have been surprised, but I’ve learned this week during visitor hours that the scourge of people watching/listening to their phones with volume up and no headphones extends to hospital wards now.
November 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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I feel like I’ve probably seen enough screenshot examples of how shit Grok is now.
November 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
The Mani news is a proper shocker, isn’t it? Only saw him live twice but both gigs were absolute standouts in all the shows I’ve ever been to.
November 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM