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The London Minute ⏰ Thursday 24 September 2026
👋 Good morning London. Today’s edition was written and sent from the early morning LNER train back to London from Edinburgh. So it’s a bit shorter due to painfully patchy wifi, I’m afraid. Here’s Thursday’s London Minute.
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The London Minute ⏰ Wednesday 23 September 2026
The Barbican Sculpture Court will be ‘revived’ under new plans. Image: Allies and Morrison & Barbican.
👋 Good morning London. Flipping heck there’s a lot going on. As usual I’ve manually gone through about 300 sources to filter out the r...
The London Minute ⏰ Tuesday 22 September 2026
👋 Good morning London. It’s a super-short one today. Here’s Tuesday’s London Minute.
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🌤️ Dry and warm again today. In fact there’s no rain forecast until next Monday. A high of 25C today around 3...
The London Minute ⏰ Monday 21 September 2026
Clerkenwell murder hunt, fake vinyl record factory, more Victoria line noise complaints + trying out the new Thameslink ‘ironing board’ replacement seats
👋 Good morning London. They’ve just said on the radio that ‘summer is returning to L...
The London Minute ⏰ Friday 18 September 2026
District line disruption this weekend, protesters crash LFW catwalk, free coffees from Harry Styles + join Parkruns with Joe Wicks
🌤️ Good morning London. Did you know I also do The Edinburgh Minute? I’m from both here and there, so it ma...
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