Brian Robson
@brianrobson.bsky.social
I want more people to live in a decent, affordable home. Don't you?
Work: Director Housing & Homelessness, @oak-foundation.bsky.social
Dad, bookworm, sedate cyclist | Mackem in North Yorks | Views mine.
Work: Director Housing & Homelessness, @oak-foundation.bsky.social
Dad, bookworm, sedate cyclist | Mackem in North Yorks | Views mine.
Been on a non stop London to York where that happened and my schadenfreude was tempered when we made an unscheduled stop at Stevenage to let them off. Though I suppose that meant they were in Stevenage...
November 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Been on a non stop London to York where that happened and my schadenfreude was tempered when we made an unscheduled stop at Stevenage to let them off. Though I suppose that meant they were in Stevenage...
I take a peak time train from Yorkshire to London most weeks. Because of the extortionate peak fares, it's consistently dead. I've had someone sit next to me twice - in two years.
Strikes me they could afford to experiment with the balance of fares and occupancy?
Strikes me they could afford to experiment with the balance of fares and occupancy?
November 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I take a peak time train from Yorkshire to London most weeks. Because of the extortionate peak fares, it's consistently dead. I've had someone sit next to me twice - in two years.
Strikes me they could afford to experiment with the balance of fares and occupancy?
Strikes me they could afford to experiment with the balance of fares and occupancy?
Same at my son's comp. To be fair, it was the same for us 30 yrs ago, but we were allowed to leave our books in the classroom and didn't also have a laptop to cart around. The justification for carrying the books round is so parents can look at them :-/
November 18, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Same at my son's comp. To be fair, it was the same for us 30 yrs ago, but we were allowed to leave our books in the classroom and didn't also have a laptop to cart around. The justification for carrying the books round is so parents can look at them :-/
not quite an airport station, but the moasic tiles at Hatton Cross are pretty: 150greatthingsabouttheunderground.com/2013/07/01/1...
111. The platform tiles at Hatton Cross
For a long time I was baffled by the opening line of the Beatles’ Back in the USSR. “Flew in from Miami Beach BOAC.” What did those letters mean? Were they some kind of code? A bi…
150greatthingsabouttheunderground.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
not quite an airport station, but the moasic tiles at Hatton Cross are pretty: 150greatthingsabouttheunderground.com/2013/07/01/1...
This is so true. One person can't have the breadth of experience, insight and reach that a group of people can bring. And if Mayors don't need scrutiny, then why does Hackney need 57 councillors, or Lewisham 54 (etc)?
November 13, 2025 at 12:41 PM
This is so true. One person can't have the breadth of experience, insight and reach that a group of people can bring. And if Mayors don't need scrutiny, then why does Hackney need 57 councillors, or Lewisham 54 (etc)?