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Cycling in Paris is much better than cycling in London
In 2020, Cyclist magazine wrote of London and Paris mayors both seeking re-election; and both talking a good game on their plans to revolutionise active travel in their respective capitals. Even then, it wasn’t a fair comparison. Paris’ socialist mayor Anne Hidalgo had already instigated a revolution. The ‘Plan Velo’ approach aims for a cycle… Read more
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Brighton to Paris by rail and sail
I had forgotten Europe exists. Not because of some “Fog in Channel – Continent cut off” insularity, or because I am a mud-encrusted 13th century peasant who has never been further than Bessie’s hillock. Let me explain. During the pandemic my world, as for many, because a lot smaller. My brain adapts easily – too… Read more
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Crossing the Streams
In the 1984 docu-drama Ghostbusters, we were warned that crossing the streams could lead to catastrophe. The historic record shows things worked out fine in the end. In that spirit*, I’m sharing a couple of posts from instagram. I am still doing some videos about bad cycling and walking infrastructure, even though things are no… Read more
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Berlin (Slight Return)
In a vintage clothing store, near the wall. Heroes by David Bowie comes on, because of course it does. This is Friedrichshain, and there are ghosts everywhere: the obvious, Cold War ones, and the personal, psychogeographical spooks of my previous visits to this part of town. Within half a mile of trying on a leather… Read more
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Rock gig #2: World’s End, Brighton
In a spirit of comedic exaggeration, I underestimated how many gigs MJ Hibbett has done when writing up our show last week. I said he’d done 873. He emailed me to say he’s since checked his spreadsheet of rock. It’s actually 997. On Tuesday, six days after my debut, I performed my own personal gig… Read more
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MJ Hibbett; James Walsh; Annabel Edmonds; Simon Topping: live at The Pipeline, Brighton, Wednesday 19th October 2022
It was my first gig, and MJ Hibbett’s 873rd*. I’ve been on stage plenty of times for comedy, but this was the first time I’d stood up to sing my songs at strangers. On a night where much of England was glued to its smartphones, trying to ascertain the latest in the Liz Truss melodrama,… Read more
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Spooky Infrastructure Month
I’ve decided to do some short videos of the paucity of walking and cycling infrastructure in this place we insist on calling England. Some of the cycle lanes I share will definitely be haunted. This is a project that will largely live on instagram but to remind myself that this is something I’m doing, here… Read more
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