I am aware. I lived very close by. That is why the poor bridge was closed (though a structural survey had already indicated ‘issues’).

Found the one from 2025. Just in the nick of time. Thanks and praise etc.

Ad now they also think she’s a tax-dodger…

Poor thing was closed to cars back in 1997 (exactly the time I started needing to cross it at an unearthly hour every morning: a deviation via Chiswick Bridge was not the best start to my day).

(And I mean that in a positive way!)

Certainly, running down several flights of stairs in your dressing gown in a bid to get to the bathroom before the hot water ran out was an excellent way to break the ice.

Oooh, I have just read Jean-Claude Izzo’s Marseille trilogy in *prize-winning* translation (because lazy) and so much this: it all felt so clunky and awkward. Am going to leave it a year and then read it again in the original.

The nuns one is great.

Have you see our new statue? www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Hoist by his own petard (or something).

Despite all his protestations, we now have the proof.

Money for the poorest families goes chiefly to the most deprived areas: colour me surprised.

Cut-out-and-keep, as they used to say!