Dear reader, we won the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) award!!

A large rough and ready bug hotel made from nine wooden pallets. It’s in the vegetable garden of Leiden Hortus Botanicus, with the Leiden Observatory visible in the background

The mother of all bug hotels #LeidenHortus

"We called London a war zone and moved to Dubai by mistake"

“…he continues to lead both bands in his inimitable, scabrous fashion. His healthy use of the 'F' word has been edited for reasons of space. You're doing a 35th anniversary tour of the Mondays' Pills'N'Thrills And Bellyaches LP. Thirty-five years? Seems like 135 fucking years. It's funny. You gotta play the game….

Lovely detail in this month’s @mojomagazine.bsky.social interview with Shaun Ryder.

Meet Hannah Spencer - Green MP candidate for Gorton and Denton, and the only vote to stop Reform.

A gothic folly in the middle of woodlands, flying a flag from the roof. The flag is a drawing of the building in the middle of a heart shape

New flag atop Severndroog Castle on Shooters Hill designed by children from the local primary school #SE18

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Sonnet 30 by William Shakespeare painted on the side of a building in Leiden, Netherlands

Leiden

So to my office, but missing my key, which I had in my hand just now, makes me very angry and out of order, it being a thing that I hate in others, and more in myself, to be careless of keys, I thinking another not fit to be trusted that leaves a key behind their hole.

Rows of street food stalls under the trees around the base of the neo-gothic folly, Severndroog Castle

Street food in the shade at Severndroog Castle, cos it’s too hot to cook!

Impossible to sleep in this heat, might as well get up

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Green Party's Tamasin Rhymes wins Shooters Hill by-election - The Greenwich Wire The Green Party has its first ever councillor in Greenwich after Tamasin Rhymes won the Shooters Hill by-election.

Full story: greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/06/27/l...

Shooters Hill (Greenwich) Council By-Election Result:

🌍 GRN: 34.6% (+24.4)
🌹 LAB: 30.1% (-27.7)
➡️ RFM: 16.0% (+6.1)
🌳 CON: 11.5% (-1.7)
🔶 LDM: 5.1% (-3.7)
🙋 Ind: 2.3% (New)
🙋 Ind: 0.4% (New)

Green GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2025.

Labour by-election candidate made 'untrue' asbestos claim about land sale - The Greenwich Wire Labour’s candidate in the Shooters Hill by-election has made “demonstrably untrue” claims about asbestos in a building Greenwich Council plans to sell, according to a community association that wants…

Labour’s candidate in the Shooters Hill by-election has made “demonstrably untrue” claims about asbestos in a building Greenwich Council plans to sell, according to a community association that wants to take on the site.

greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/06/25/j...

Don't speak up for Green by-election candidate, Labour councillors warned - The Greenwich Wire Greenwich’s Labour councillors have been ordered not to express their support for the Green candidate in this month’s by-election in Shooters Hill.

Greenwich’s Labour councillors have been ordered not to express their support for the Green candidate in this month’s by-election in Shooters Hill.

The borough's ruling party has also not responded to invites to hustings taking place this weekend.

greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/06/12/l...

Don't speak up for Green by-election candidate, Labour councillors warned - The Greenwich Wire Greenwich’s Labour councillors have been ordered not to express their support for the Green candidate in this month’s by-election in Shooters Hill.

This story sums up the sorry state of Greenwich local democracy … Greens are ready and waiting.

greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/06/12/l...

A VE Day fayre with bunting, at the foot of Severndroog Castle, a neo-gothic folly

VE Day on Shooters Hill #SE18 #Severndroog

Every April, we celebrate Independent Bookstore Day to remind us how vital indie bookstores are to our communities and society. It’s a day of joy and solidarity, and significant financial impact for these bookstores. This year, Amazon is undercutting that with a “Book Sale” on the same day—a calculated move by a company that has already put half the bookstores in the country out of business, controls over 60% of the market and sells far more books than all indie bookstores combined. The people at Amazon responsible for the timing of their "Book Sale" should be ashamed, but they are shameless.

Man, this is a pretty fucking gross move from Amazon, huh? Good on @bookshop.org for not mincing words, though:

Oof! Think of the dust, Sam

Key quote for me: "There is still this idea that 70 or so road deaths a year in Wales is acceptable. But we would never accept 70 deaths a year on the ferry to Ireland, or on buses.”

In London in 2024 there were 110 road deaths.

These are equally unacceptable.

The Best View in London You Didn't Know About? One Thing Near Eltham (020/407) #london #castle YouTube video by vaguely.mundane

Severndroog Castle… in Eltham 😮 #SE18

A war leader should always wear a suit.

(apparently)

Those in #Blackheath Standard be aware
2 X street robberies & 1 attempt vehicle theft in 72h on Stratheden Rd. #crime #lookuplookout
@richardt135.bsky.social

A boy in the 1970s or early 80s stands proudly in front of a large sunflower growing behind him. The boy is beaming with pleasure.

How can this photo not make you smile?
It fell out of a book on Monday when I was arranging the wall of books at my exhibition. So it must have been travelling around the country - on show but unseen - for 7 years now!
But who are you, little fella?
I hope you’re still smiling

Farmers market stall setting up in the woods with the neo-gothic folly Severndroog Castle against a bright clear sky

Severndroog Market stalls setting up on a frosty, sunny morning #SE18

Save The Prince Charles Cinema The iconic Prince Charles Cinema in London’s West End future is under serious threat! We are beyond disappointed that our landlords Zedwell LSQ Ltd and their ultimate parent company Criterion Capital...

#SaveThePCC

Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease.

For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below;

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Thanks be to God, since my leaving drinking of wine, I do find myself much better and do mind my business better, and do spend less money, and less time lost in idle company.

Fifty years ago, a transport revolution started in #Zürich.

#Switzerland rejected urban freeways. Zurich decided not to build a metro. It began building an S-Bahn commuter train network.

And they gave *absolute* priority to trams over cars in center of Zurich.

The result?

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So glad to hear people were keen on my supermarket visiting! I will be posting video review on TikTok and Instagram (ten at a time – @emilytakesthebus), but I am also going to create a thread of reviews here!