WTF-Beta

Ax,
https://secretldn.com/london-museums-late-opening/

And tucked down a small alley near Picadilly Circus is this restaurant which you'd barely notice; authentic food, good portions, very reasonable prices
https://www.cnrcaferestaurant.com/

Tis the last rose of summer

https://www.londonxlondon.com/london-at-night/

After a few hours thought I'd definitely recommend an hotel in or very close to Heathrow, getting a late tube back from London. It's too much time to waste sat twiddling your thumbs.

If you chance to there on a Friday or Saturday evening, some museums and galleries stay open late.
Depending on the weather though, a walk from Oxford Circus or Tottenham Court Rd south to Covent Garden with meal somewhere gives you a taste of London. I love walking the streets, always something new, an unusual church or shop down the back streets, architecture, etc.
I've never done the river cruise... being a resident (ex), ain't been in most tourist attractions for years.

Ax, have you seen London already? Is there one thing you'd like to see? You'll only have a couple of hours as tourist things shut at 5 or 6pm

I think I'd use the Heathrow Premier Inn and get a late tube back to Heathrow, as you'll probably have to check in a couple(?) of hours before your 10am flight

Funny thing is, they were getting lunch from local Indian stalls. Of course they were probably legal UK citizens selling the onion bhajis, but there was a touch of irony.
If we forcibly removed all nonwhites our society would undoubtedly collapse.
However Illegal immigration is a problem and that rally did little to help solve it.

Hmm, thinking out loud here... it's a long stop but a bit too short.
Can you book your luggage through and just walk out with a rucksack containing spare shirt&socks?
You'd be out of Heathrow by 3pm and in Central London before 4pm.

What do you want to do? London has everything, river cruise from Westminter bridge; walk Oxford Circus to Covent Garden via soho & chinatown and see the sights, maybe eat at 'C and R' restaurant; or shopping till 6 you could pop into Steinway/bluthner/yamaha-bosendorfer, all three showrooms are off Oxford street; or find a show?

Obviously here are hotels everywhere. From Heathrow Premier Inn (best location for a 10am flight?) to the Dorchester. Location might be key? I mean, stay at the Ritz on Picadilly and get an early Uber to Heathrow if you have the cash.

We stayed in a central london hotel that has small studio rooms but is only £200-300 a night, called Mason & Fifth. Book in advance, automated entry by their app. Their Primrose Hill place is conveniently 10 minutes walk from Camden Town Tube (loads of places to eat on nearby Inverness Street). In our case it was chosen as is 5 mins walk from London Zoo where a daughter got married last Sunday. But it might work if you're an early riser.
You'd probably have to miss the 8am breakfast to get back to Heathrow.

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Watching the latest news as person arrested, one wonders how many more decades it will take America to fix certain things.
JFK was shot 60 years ago, politically are things better?
Regarding gun crime, are things better 60 years on?

Not that many other countries are particularly better. A British MP was stabbed to death in recent years, at his regular constituency meeting... culprit easily caught of course.

In the UK any gun (and knife also) brandished in public will get a fast and pretty decisive response from fully armed police (glocks and shotguns).

Bobs red mill (had never heard of them, thanks) has interesting products, and looks like a company worth supporting. My coeliac sister will be getting some I'm sure.
I think their steel cut oats will be similar to the jumbo oats I buy

We were in a London Hotel this weekend, nice enough, the breakfast was a bit pretentiously healthy; vegan oat granola, with a selection of fruit, nuts and seeds to add, oat or dairy milks; and also sourdough bread with butter & choice of Bonmamon jams. Orange juice, tea - mostly herbals, coffees.

I never asked but as the oat cereal was claggy, it had some form of sugar holding it together (vegans don't have honey?)

I reflected again on what a niece explained to me, that pretty much all boxed cereals including the healthier granola and muesli are processed to some extent, with sugar or salt to taste.

Except plain porridge oats.

I think there are some JA fans here and so the FT had a nice article in its Weekend Book section by Daisy May.

Online here (possibly with more than the paper copy)
https://www.ft.com/content/8c5c6859-653d-4679-a2bd-b23477d3ba17

Here's a photo of part including details of the four books reviewed

Farage is a millionaire posh boy backed by billionaires, yet pretends to be a man of the pint-drinking working class.

Fought against European membership yet hypocritical enough to take a lifetime EU pension.
Staggering self-assurance, worse than Trump, wanting to MBGA whatever that means. Worst politician we currently have, already backed down on his tax proposals from last year that helped win parliamentary seats.
Like him or not, he's like a stick of Blackpool Rock, all the way through it's Nigel.

Rachel Reeves debacle is obviously a stitch up. As I understand it the 40k tax was the difference between her disabled son being 17 or 18 yrs old in the flat. You pay what lawyers advise. Looks like we won't find out now exactly what they did or didn't.
The Daily Telegraph (or Torygraph) is a propaganda rabble rousing sheet and they must be celebrating this little mishap.
But labour has a massive majority and safe to govern for at least a couple more years.

Tories are the worst by far at dodgy dealings and nepotism.
Richie Sunak as our millionaire Chancellor and his billionaire wife avoiding taxes as a nondom still didn't stop him becoming our PM

Ukraine will not win this war because China is buying Russian oil propping up Putins economy; and China is providing drones for Russian use enabling Putins troops to increase attacks; and no doubt China is facilitating the movement of N Korean troops. Russia has become a proxy of China. A hundred thousand troops amassed ready to further invade Ukraine.

Apparently China now has the manufacturing ability to build the whole of the current UK Royal Navy in four years.

Seems it will replace aspirin as it is still cheap at 3x the cost.
Only available on prescription in the UK though as care has to be taken if you're on other medication.

Indeed, to watch the preparation needed, and the skill of the conservator

Belly

Is this the answer to "Which house holds the world record number of ceiling spotlights?"

I generally like it, enormous as it is and needing live-in staff. And became fascinated by the variety and quality of central lightshades with supplemental spots.

Gotta love The States when you see such opulence. That 'lawn'; that 'garage'; that wooden back-lit sauna ️