Did you see the torch?

I kept well clear of the Olympic torch activities in Stratford, although I did glimpse some traditional Chinese dancing on top of the library, in the snow.
What I did see on my way past was police, absolutely everywhere. And (even in Stratford!) some Free Tibet banners. That seems to have been the experience of most [...]

Coming over here, stealing our steam engines…

Was it asylum seekers? No, not this time - the dropping-encrusted engine which has been standing proudly outside Stratford station since 1999 has in fact been snaffled by the Olympians. Possibly feeling a bit ‘tired and emotional’ after almost a decade of drunken fights and kebab-splatterings, Robert has apparently been moved to a sort of [...]