Tom Dobson
@tomdobbo.bsky.social
MD Quod
Cities, planning, numbers.
Cities, planning, numbers.
Fred’s dead (no he ain’t!)
Just saw Fred Wesley @unionchapeluk.bsky.social. what a privilege. all time great trombonist, showman & mainstay of James Brown and George Clinton’s bands. New JBs are brilliant with back catalogue to die for. Tickets available for tomorrow. You won’t regret it.
Just saw Fred Wesley @unionchapeluk.bsky.social. what a privilege. all time great trombonist, showman & mainstay of James Brown and George Clinton’s bands. New JBs are brilliant with back catalogue to die for. Tickets available for tomorrow. You won’t regret it.
November 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Fred’s dead (no he ain’t!)
Just saw Fred Wesley @unionchapeluk.bsky.social. what a privilege. all time great trombonist, showman & mainstay of James Brown and George Clinton’s bands. New JBs are brilliant with back catalogue to die for. Tickets available for tomorrow. You won’t regret it.
Just saw Fred Wesley @unionchapeluk.bsky.social. what a privilege. all time great trombonist, showman & mainstay of James Brown and George Clinton’s bands. New JBs are brilliant with back catalogue to die for. Tickets available for tomorrow. You won’t regret it.
Much as I love Ant haven’t we been here before with Universal Credit and Andrew Lansley’s NHS reforms? I would be very cautious about throwing the whole system in the air when ministers already have many of the legal tools to add certainty anyway.
September 9, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Much as I love Ant haven’t we been here before with Universal Credit and Andrew Lansley’s NHS reforms? I would be very cautious about throwing the whole system in the air when ministers already have many of the legal tools to add certainty anyway.
The response to this is insane. Read the post it doesn’t replace other contact. AI may or may not be helpful but it is something that people are going to try so why not see whether it can be of benefit? And for the concern trolls (or people who think MPs are lazy) here’s his August surgeries.
August 5, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The response to this is insane. Read the post it doesn’t replace other contact. AI may or may not be helpful but it is something that people are going to try so why not see whether it can be of benefit? And for the concern trolls (or people who think MPs are lazy) here’s his August surgeries.
Na. That would be an SA or (for pure luxury) an MA (yours for only £146 on eBay 😬)
June 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Na. That would be an SA or (for pure luxury) an MA (yours for only £146 on eBay 😬)
Mark Mazower’s Salonica, City of Ghosts, is the best history of a city I’ve ever read and a brilliant contextualisation of the Ottoman/Greek history being discussed today as well as the tragedy of the Sephardim and the holocaust.
June 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Mark Mazower’s Salonica, City of Ghosts, is the best history of a city I’ve ever read and a brilliant contextualisation of the Ottoman/Greek history being discussed today as well as the tragedy of the Sephardim and the holocaust.
That is in the condoc.
May 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
That is in the condoc.
Rather fond of an old school Borough of Holborn one.
May 8, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Rather fond of an old school Borough of Holborn one.
Rescue lurchers are the best.
March 11, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Rescue lurchers are the best.
1960s! Pure archigram
March 11, 2025 at 10:41 AM
1960s! Pure archigram
There were just over 90,000 Irish born people in the county of London (the Middlesex figure doesn’t include inner south London) in 1871. Had peaked at 110,000 in 1851. Assume it also doesn’t include the County Boroughs of East and West Ham which were in Essex.
March 10, 2025 at 11:12 PM
There were just over 90,000 Irish born people in the county of London (the Middlesex figure doesn’t include inner south London) in 1871. Had peaked at 110,000 in 1851. Assume it also doesn’t include the County Boroughs of East and West Ham which were in Essex.
Our primary school played against a celebrity team at the opening including Elton John, Bobby Moore and Peter Bonetti
March 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Our primary school played against a celebrity team at the opening including Elton John, Bobby Moore and Peter Bonetti
Indeed. The list of top 10 surnames in Jamaica is basically ‘a Scotsman, a Welshman and an Englishman went to Jamaica…….and ran slave plantations’
March 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Indeed. The list of top 10 surnames in Jamaica is basically ‘a Scotsman, a Welshman and an Englishman went to Jamaica…….and ran slave plantations’
Competition and Markets Authority disagree (whilst recommending changes to the planning system which you’d agree with)
February 20, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Competition and Markets Authority disagree (whilst recommending changes to the planning system which you’d agree with)
She’s also a latter day rail nimby just to endear herself to you more.
January 28, 2025 at 11:37 PM
She’s also a latter day rail nimby just to endear herself to you more.
Sorry but there is only one holy trinity
November 30, 2024 at 1:35 PM
Sorry but there is only one holy trinity
Not even the most derided version of Against All Odds
November 12, 2024 at 10:17 PM
Not even the most derided version of Against All Odds
Gotta love a planning gen x meme
October 23, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Gotta love a planning gen x meme