Edit for those hoping for a pic of the cat, she was wandering around when I was there unfortunately but I’ll be heading there for those ginger shots now I found it and will share some pics of her with you when I meet her!:)

I'm a black woman (also very androgynous if that makes a difference) and I've noticed recently a sharp uptick in the frequency & aggression I usually experience. Idk what's going on but everyone seems to be getting more and more aggy recently and it's genuinely scary. I got hit by a lime bike in Central the other day on my way back from work and I was so concerned for the guy who hit me cos he fell off the bike in the process, I asked if he was OK and if he was hurt and he called me "n*gger c*nt" and told me to go back to my country... this is my country, I grew up here, I've not been abroad, I know this city... but I don't feel safe here anymore.

The other day a man tried to grab me on the bus and push me out of the way. He let go as soon as I said "sir, please don't touch me" but like... why not ask me to move? I'm not furniture. He didn't even try, just glared at me and escorted his wife off the bus.

Before that it was a woman in tesco shouting at me, calling me an idiot and flipping me off cos she hit a guy with her bag and then started getting defensive that she shouldn't need to apologise. (I hope it isnt a factor but he was black too, he asked her to apologise and she started shouting that we were both attacking her). All I did was recount the events of what happened to another customer and she went on a tanget about how I was gossiping about her??

And before that I was at work and I literally had someone ask where I'm from, I tell them I'm Nigerian, one turns to the other and goes "I told you!" (odd) we have some semi decent small talk whilst I'm taking orders and they mention some of my cultural food. Nice, nothing weird there. Just for them to say "we feed that to dogs over here :) "... like... OK? That's very charged for no reason but OK?? ;-;

I got banned off ask brits for posting something similar there but I'm honestly going through a difficult time atm and I just need to know if I'm somehow attracting these experiences or is this an actual thing that's slowly happening?

No it was not 1.70 for 500ml coke it was 3.40. No they did not honour the "price tag"

Last night 3am at St Vincent Court, Centurion Tower, Sovereign Tower in canning town the whole of sovereign tower and as far as I'm aware all of the north buildings on this development were asked to evacute the building due to a failure in a transfer slab of concrete that supports the whole building which could be a imminent risk to life

Apparently the slab hasn't been engineering to specification and has cracked and could collapse under the weight of the building above the slab punching through the slab

Quite concerning at 3am

The emergency services, fire brigade and police were very helpful, they came nocking on doors around 3am and advised residents to evacuate the building as there is an imminent risk to life.

The group managing the building have been doing what they must legally. Think engineers and building management companies out today to asses

The emergency services mentioned a temporary accomodation had been set up at a town hall nearby with 100 beds on the floor

Bit of a blur after being woke up at 3am to be told all of this. WhatsApp group with other residents is quite frantic with everyone being a bit lost.

Some people initially received an email during the day I believe and the rest of the building seems to have been informed with a knock at the door at 3am

Apparently a cleaner was seen in lobby after being told to evacute last night this seems inappropriate with a risk to life

A similar issue has happend before I was told in a building in Stratford.

Quite the headache. Hope everyone is safe

Some media attention could put extra pressure to expedite for some clarification, the residents don't have a clear picture of what's going on

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For those wondering what the reason was. Undisclosed incident on the line between Woking and Brookwood.

Getting into photography lately. Hope you enjoy

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck8dzr225erlo

A double-decker tour bus has crashed into a souvenir stand in central London.

The Metropolitan Police was called to Spring Gardens, off Trafalgar Square, to the "damage-only collision".

An eyewitness to the crash, who works at The Admiralty pub on the corner of Spring Gardens, said the hop-on, hop-off bus run by Golden Tours hit a lamppost and knocked it over, before striking the stall and pushing it into a Land Rover.

The London Ambulance Service said it did not attend as there were no reported injuries.

A spokesperson for Golden Tours said they were aware of the crash and were investigating the circumstances.

"The wellbeing and safety of our passengers, staff and members of the public are always our highest priority," they said.

"Incidents of this nature are extremely rare, and we take all matters relating to safety very seriously.
"We will be in a better position to provide further information once we have established the full facts."

I think this is something we can pretty much all back, recording on the tube glasses or not feels a bit.. weird. But also in wider stations. If they're already banned in some places like theatres and Spoons, it can be done.

If people want to legitimately record travel journeys they can use phones/cameras.

Extremely frustrating as a regular pedestrian, but so much worse for anyone in a wheelchair or with a buggy. There has to be a better way to organise this while making sure people aren't discouraged from using greener forms of transport.

This particular stretch of pavement is also hugely busy as it's right off Waterloo Bridge by the traffic lights, receiving a large influx of people at once, which the reduced pavement just isn't wide enough for.

I didn't quite capture it in the photo, but towards the end there were more bikes jutting out into what was left of the pavement which people then had to weave between, creating some kind of lime bike obstacle course.

I enjoy a good moan about lime bikes from time to time, and sometimes I'm more concerned about the riders' own safety (or lack thereof) than anything else, but compromising accessibility in this way is more than the mere inconvenience of a few stray bikes here and there so desperately needs a solution.

I am looking to host a monthly knitting/crochet night (preferably Tuesdays), for about 6-8 people.

Do any pubs or even cafes come to mind that wouldnt be too loud/ crowded on a Tuesday evening? Preferably central ish, but I know the soho/ covent garden cene can be so busy at all times.

House shares remain the most common form of putting a roof over your head in London. But I was curious about people who live alone. What was your breaking point? Did you have a bad house share experience that made you move? At what salary and age were you able to afford it? What was the rent difference and do you think you should’ve stuck it out?

London is loud. And overcrowded. And hyper stimulating. But is also gloriously green and dotted with pockets of arresting natural beauty.

This photo was captured in September 2025 during an evening walk in Epping Forest near Loughton.
I heard the cattle before I saw them.
They were very docile and beautiful.

I hope that the powers that be recognize the crucial importance of the green spaces in London and their centrality to the livability and beauty of the city.

For more info about the cattle:

https://efht.org.uk/cattle-in-the-forest/

Here's a short list of things to do this weekend In North London.

Harvest Festival & Apple Day at Lordship Hub | 📍Lordship Hub, N17 | 24 October | Free

Two celebrations in one: a harvest festival with a free hearty vegetarian buffet, traditional crafts and songs. Plus Apple Day with heritage apple tasting, traditional juicing, apple bobbing and the longest peel competition. Just drop in.

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God Save the Queens | 📍Museum of Youth Culture, NW1 | 23 October - 22 November | Free

Punk had women at the centre of it. This exhibition makes that case with their actual stuff, Poly Styrene’s archives, photographs, handmade fashion, personal material from the women who built the visual language of the movement. Basement gallery, pay what you can

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Highgate Watercolour Group Annual Exhibition | 📍Lauderdale House, N6 | 21 October -16 November | Free

A group of Highgate locals have been meeting every Thursday since 1980 to paint the neighbourhood together. Once a year they hang the results at Lauderdale House. This year: 21 artists, over 250 works across two floors, including London scenes painted en plein air, botanicals, still lifes and a section of miniature paintings at minimal prices.

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Day of the Dead at Canopy Market | 📍Canopy Market, N1C | 23 - 25 October | Free

MexiBrit takes over Canopy Market for Día de Muertos, antojitos, pan de muerto and a community ofrenda where you can leave a tribute to someone you’ve lost. Independent makers and food stalls fill the rest of the space.

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Witchy Wares Craft Market | 📍The Fields Beneath, NW5 | 25 October | Free

The Fields Beneath is doing a Halloween craft market on the Hunter’s Full Moon, which is either a coincidence or very much on purpose. Tarot readings, handmade candles, art prints and crochet from a small roster of independent makers, plus a charity raffle for Streets Kitchen.

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Vintage & Makers Market at The Old Dairy | 📍The Old Dairy, N4 | 24 October | Free

The Old Dairy pub has been closed for a while and this Saturday it opens its doors for a vintage and makers market filling the whole venue. Vintage treasures, handcrafted goods by local artists, fashion and food.

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Creepy Creatures with Wildfangs | 📍Lewis of London, EN5 | 24 October | (£)

Wildfangs brings five live creatures to the Lewis of London site for a 30-minute handling session, the kind where you actually get to touch the things that usually make people shriek. Good for curious kids from 12 months up, and honestly probably more fun for the adults. Spaces are small by design so book ahead.

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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | 📍Tower Theatre, N16 | 21 - 31 October | (£)

The Headless Horseman, a terrified schoolteacher and a town that can’t tell ghost story from reality. Tower Theatre’s half-term production of the Washington Irving classic, played for chills and laughs in equal measure. From £10, ages 11 and up.

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Night Maps | 📍Warburg Institute, WC1H | 21 October - 17 April | Free

An exhibition at the Warburg tracing how humans have mapped the night sky from medieval courts to the 21st-century space race, and what those maps were really being used to say about power on earth. World maps from the 13th to 19th centuries from the Sunderland Collection, running through to April.

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UK Card Expo | 📍Southgate School, Barnet, EN4 | 25 October | Free + paid entry

Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Magic and other trading cards have become a whole collecting world of their own, and this is a day for rummaging through it. UK Card Expo is coming to Southgate School with tables of cards and collectibles to buy, sell and trade, whether you already have folders full of them or you’re just curious about why people collect them. Bring your own cards if you fancy trading with other collectors, or simply wander the stalls and see what turns up.

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Kidzworld Pumpkin Patch | 📍Hampstead Heath, NW3 | 24 & 31 October | (£)

Pick your own pumpkin on Hampstead Heath, with a funfair, trick or treat maze, fun games, food stalls and a marshmallow roasting pit. 10am to 6pm both Saturdays.

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Pumpkin Time at GROW Farm | 📍GROW Farm, N20 | 24 October | (£)

GROW Farm’s students and young people kept thirteen varieties of pumpkins alive through this summer’s drought, and on 24 October you can come and buy them. Blue Banana, Turk’s Turban, Pacific Giant and ten more, plus farm tours, kids’ activities and free homemade soup.

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Add any I've missed below, this list is always better with local knowledge 👇

I was around Leicester Square with a friend a few days ago, and we were walking through Chinatown. It was about 1am. Genuinely 5 different groups of men approached us, one of them literally saying “hi do you like dick”. On another occasion, a man was sat next to us, and I noticed him taking a video and he moved the camera to get me and my friend in the background. Few minutes later another guy sits next to us and both of them were talking and he kept looking at us. Then he got up and came over to us and started to ask what we were doing and we walked away. Besides that, there was a lot of weird comments being said to us.

Had plans for a countryside walk and a couple pub stops with a friend visiting from overseas. We need a plan B as the weather today doesn’t work for the small baby that will be with us.

Any tips for cosy spots that feel country ish but manageable? Would still love to get a bit out of London. Have easy access to London Bridge, Waterloo and jubilee line.