The sites of London: no. 23

Most evenings it's now customary to see the floor of a bus paved with one or other of London's afternoon free-sheets. I picked up over a dozen copies of thelondonpaper on the 214 last night. I doubt TfL or its contractors are bothering (able?) to recycle all the newsprint that is discarded on London's tubes, buses and streets every night.

Even the people who read them think these papers are worthless trash.

The sounds of London: no 22

I was walking past a building site yesterday and overheard an Australian chippie trying to explain the rules of cricket to two of his Polish co-workers who didn't have a clue but were doing their best to sound interested. It used to be it was just Aussies and Kiwis who came to London to earn a few quid on building sites. Not any more.

Considering how rubbish the cricket world cup has been I could fully understand the lack of interest amongst the Poles. And the Australians are going to win again and are already gloating about it, so no-one else gives a shit anymore.