Yeah, Patrick sold up, which is understandable but frustrating because he was really doing great at Ajani's. I think he wants to open somewhere else, but I haven't heard anything.
Christopher Charles to the kebab place has remained weirdly ungentrified over the past few years. Not saying that's a good or a bad thing, but it's surprising given what's happened to rest of the road.
Islington has the lowest levels of car ownership in the country -20% and I'm amazed it's not lower. Caveat disabilities why on earth does anyone want a car here? It's daft. I'd love to see lots more parking turned into proper cycle lanes.
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Has it been happening more? Violent crime in general has gone down for decades across the developed world. Terrible things still happen, and each of these tragedies is someone's world destroyed, but I wouldn't rush to the things are getting worse na…
This is the problem with t'internet. In a pub my guess is that PapaL would have immediately changed 'loony' to 'eccentric' or somesuch and Checkski would have agreed.