Apparently, the police are on precautionary high alert today. That would explain the sniffer dog and four armed police on Platform 8 at Kings Cross this morning. On a related note, Juan Cole reports that the War on Terror is…
Book baton
Following the musical baton in May, sil has passed me a book baton. This is apparently a meme. Books owned: Roughly 1000, shared with my wife but not including our two year old son’s. Last book purchased: Empire of the…
London bombs again
I thought there were rather a lot of people at the crossroads of Grafton Way and Tottenham Court Road while we were having lunch in nearby Ask Pizza. On leaving there was a large amount of people, empty buses lined…
Tavistock Square open
They’ve finally opened Tavistock Square, at least to pedestrian traffic. It looks completely normal, although I’m sure there used to be some plaques on the front of the BMA building. It was only after my previous post that I found…
Terror prevention
And it’s worth making the point that 4 years of the War on Terror don’t make me feel any safer on the way home today. I shall probably have to get to Finsbury Park to catch a train home to…
Bombs in London
As everyone probably knows by now, London has just been bombed, although Seb Coe’s jubilant face still lights up BBC News. I heard the explosion at 9.50ish which must have been the bus down Tavistock Place being hit. A colleague…