Next time you are out & about in London, take a closer look at the red vehicles of Specialist Crime and Operations 19 of the Met.
An extraordinarily high number are scratched or dented. All in a days work keeping the streets of London safe.
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How lucky kings, queens & bishops were back in Catholic England. The chantry chapels built by/ for them would contain clergy whose task was to chant mass on behalf of their souls, enabling them to reach heaven faster.
Mind you, I’m not so sure about Bishop Stephen Gardiner’s timing.
3 years after he was buried here in Winchester Cathedral, Elizabeth I came to the throne & Roman Catholicism officially ended, along with chantry chapel rituals.
Let’s hope he had already got to heaven by that point, or that would represent a poor return on his investment.
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Who does not love a bit of colour coding?
Whether it is a London building or a priceless work of art, a dose of splattered orange paint thrown over it denotes ‘Just Stop Oil’.
The red paint chucked all over the MOD building recently was the preferred colour of the ‘Free Palestine’ crowd.
Maybe somebody could create a colour coded chart depicting the different coloured paint these oppressed intersectionalists could throw at their perceived oppressors - the relevant colour corresponding to the particular grievance of the week ?
A more constructive & positive colour coding scheme is demonstrated above, compliments of Transport for London.
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Did you know this?
Ahhhh the Great British ha-ha. Maneskin has a song called ‘Bla Bla Bla’ that has the lyrics ‘ha ha ha ha ha ha ha’ multiple times. It would have been perfect as an accompaniment to my ha-ha Reel here. I spent 99 pence downloading ‘Bla Bla Bla’ for my ha-ha vid, & was then informed it was not possible to use in video editing for bla bla bla reasons.
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What lies beneath…….
Have you heard about the secret coding system used by the more than 50 utility companies in London?
All we need now is for all of them to communicate more effectively with each other. Then the gas, water, electric & fibre optic work could be done in one dig.
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The results are in & the surprise, (well as far as I was concerned) was Sir Thomas Gresham’s lookalike, or unlookalike according to the majority, Tom Hardy. The four paintings & the bust featured are are all located in the @rijksmuseum Amsterdam. My colleague Katie, @look_uplondon summed it up wonderfully - when you first see the portrait of Sir Thomas Gresham, you wonder if it was something created recently using AI. The ultimate compliment to the marvellous Mor.#poll #rijksmuseum #justinlondon #bluebadgetouristguide #touristguide #lookalikes #lookalike #amsterdam #tomhardy #adamdriver #jonahhill #michaelsheen #anthonismor
Cheers to Wetherspoons with its impressive array of beers, willingness to accept cash & cracking prices 🍻
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