Apparently a dozen demonstrators, dressed as contractors, got onto the second floor of the building and superglued themselves together.
I liked the second slogan: Ethical Renovation In Progress.
You'll note that the use of limos by RBS executives hasn't reduced.
Some people have fairies at the end of their garden. We have a red telephone kiosk, one of the most beautiful examples of street architecture ever devised. Sadly, it is hardly ever used now – killed by the unstoppable march of the mobile phone.
That is the enticing introduction to an article by Victor Keegan in Technology Guardian.
Phone box in Watling Street, City of London
In my post of 11th August I wondered how artists managed to put their work in such out of the way places as 20 feet above Fleet Street. There was more on this topic on the 17th August, and on both occasions I wondered what it all meant. Well I’m none the wiser, and here is another puzzle.
I first noticed these strange little objects about two years ago, on the roof of bus shelters around my part of London. They disappeared last year but today I noticed that they are back. These were spotted from the top deck of the 243. I can’t tell if they are made from old tennis balls, or possibly potatoes, with steel or plastic rods stuck in them (sorry about the ‘un-arty’ description).
These three are on the roofs of shelters at Shoreditch Town Hall, Old Street and on Clerkenwell Road.
Please, somebody, give me a clue
I had a call last night from a reader of this blog to thank me for my tip-off about the O2 scam and the importance of checking bank statements. On his account he found a £1 payment to a charity which he hadn’t made; this was also a scam. It’s what is called a ‘tester’. They make a small theft, which might well be plausible, wait to see if you notice, and if you don’t they hit you for a much bigger sum a few weeks later. So, keep checking your statements.
