Save the RACS building (and Dadus and the Kastoori)
Those of you who know and love Tooting as much as I do, will be appalled to know that there is a planning application to demolish the RACS building at…
Multi-tasking again (that old chestnut)
Delighted to read somewhat belatedly in The Independent that Humans cannot multitask – (even women) . I’ve suspected this for a long time – multitasking is a myth, and that…
So you think that’s funny, Mr Clarkson?
I guess it’s only cyclists that understand just how idiotic and dangerous most drivers are. The reason I’m not dead yet after years of cycling in London is only because…
More on musical policing
I thought I might have been alone in applauding the actions of a NI police officer who played music through the tannoy of their vehicle to defuse an attack by…
The Urwärme of Ohrwürme
Via Metafilter, the top 25 ‘earworms’ in France, with audio examples. ‘Earworm’ is a direct translation of the German word Ohrwurm, meaning a tune that you can’t get out of…
Phronesis and musical policing
An extraordinary story from the BBC: Police ‘cool’ Belfast trouble with ice-cream van music. Fifteen youths start throwing bottles at a police Land Rover in Lisburn. One of the officers…