Mayor Boris okays permanent Ghost-bike memorial

 Sunday 5th September a ghost-bike was fixed to a railing in Notting Hill Gate.
It’s there for many reasons, the main one being to mark the death of yet another London cyclist, Eilidh Jake Cairns.
Eilidh was killed by a tipper lorry near this spot. The lack of any witnesses meant the driver has not been prosecuted. 
The [...]

Martian Cylinder unearthed on Addison Avenue

The discovery of a Martian cylinder under Addison Avenue has caused major disruption to residents and estate agents in Holland Park.
The metal tube, believed to contain a giant three-legged robot with a heat-ray weapon ‘eye’, was found last week as someone tried to extent their basement to include a subterranean swimming pool and sauna.
Residents have been [...]

Scenes from the Park #1

In normal parts of the UK, it wouldn’t be all that odd to find an abandoned car in the local park.
In some parts of the UK, it wouldn’t be odd if the abandoned car had a dead body in the boot and a roof-rack full of Vimto-flavoured ecstacy pills.
This is modern life. In fact, if [...]