Mark Pack

Phew. After seven months and involving Westminster Council, the GLA, Transport for London, Virgin Media and BT the broken utility box outside my place of work finally has been removed. In the end it was a BT box, despite BT previously coming to inspect it and saying it wasn't, and Westminster Council variously insisting it was [...] »

On balance, I prefer the habit in academic journals of stuffing in citations left, right and centre to the habit in op-eds of giving almost no sources for claims. However, bless 'em, academics do sometimes take this habit to extremes. Take this example from "Maple Leaf Foods: Crisis and containment case study" in Public Communication Review, Vol. 1, [...] »

I had a further look round the site of the proposed new theatre on Clifton Terrace today (thanks Jez!). I'd not really appreciated how large the site was and having seen that, it does reassure me that the proposed development is the right scale for it. One problem encountered so far is that the water table [...] »

As the internet's regular correspondent on spoon crime (retired), I'm really not sure if this is the solution - or by mixing knives and spoons will make it all the more worse. I may have to come out of retirement.  »

Imaginative or bonkers? I refer, of course, to the cutlery laying habits at the Royal Festival Hall Pizza Express. One row of tables laid with knives, but no forks; a parallel row of tables laid with forks but no knives. Efficient or pushy? I refer, of course, to the serving habits at the Royal Festival Hall [...] »

Plans are being hatched to open a new theatre on Clifton Terrace, the road which runs north from the Wells Terrace entrance to Finsbury Park tube station. With a local school being in the middle of opening its own theatre and plans to turn the old Hornsey Baths building into a theatre too, we could be [...] »

The title of this song caught my eye and I was expecting some fun lyrics mentioning places I know. As it turns out, it's an instrumental piece - but the music is fab:  »

What indeed:  »

Yes, you read that headline correctly. Technically it's been illegal to leave rubbish in Transport for London's litter bins at stations with rail services. You might think a litter bin is there for placing litter in, but alas the lawyers weren't thinking of that when they drafted the London Regional Transport Bylaws back in 2000. But [...] »

It was off to Pizza Express in Greek Street last night, having been invited to their launch event for the new menu. Red carpet was rolled out for the event and tables moved out of the way, so I can't judge what the venue is normally like. But it certainly seemed long and thin when crammed [...] »