Thinking allowed
Fare grounds
Mirroring many traditional skills the cab trade is facing fierce competition, just as steel making and motor car manufacturing did in the 1980s the licensed London cabbie is under threat. It is a sad fact that [...]
A blinking nuisance
It’s that time of year when the tourists start migrating to London. Thousands of them descend on the streets forming long conga-lines each one of them intent on following the leader, but unlike native Londoners they [...]
The toughest place to be . . .
was contacted last year by the BBC inviting me to apply for the new series of ‘toughest place to be’, in which they planned to take a London cabbie out of his (or her) comfort zone [...]
The Cabman’s Nemesis
Today we have a guest post from Heather Tweed which first appeared on the Public Domain Review site, under the title Mrs Giacometti Prodgers, the Cabman’s Nemesis. Here Heather Tweed explores the story of Mrs Giacometti Prodgers [...]
The Knowledge Alphabet
Today we have a guest post from @knowledgeboy10 whose blog London Taxi Knowledge records his journey that starts with buying a scooter to hopefully receiving his Green Badge so he can work as an all London [...]
London Forum
Today launches a new project for CabbieBlog. It occurred to me that I’m always being asked by my passengers questions about London. Often I don’t have the answers but I’d like to bet that thousands of [...]
London’s first coffee house
In 1971 three men sat down and decided to open a coffee supply company in Seattle which within 40 years would become the largest coffeehouse company in the world. Their choice of name would be prophetic [...]
Rollercoaster cab ride
As we say farewell to 2012 as someone who spends his day driving or writing about London all I can say is this year has been an incredible rollercoaster ride these last 12 months. January started [...]
A little Knowledge
There are apocryphal tales of Knowledge students trying to learn about London from the top of a bus. Another tale has it that a student only studied the A-Z maps, but as the fictional Mr Burgess [...]
A torrent of ink
The Levenson inquiry is due to be published this week into the conduct of Britain’s free press and to make recommendations of curbs, if any, that should be placed upon the newspapers. Nothing new then. In [...]
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What I’m Reading
London Under by Peter Ackroyd
This is not just about the Underground, London Under is an atmospheric, imaginative introduction to everything that goes on under London, from original springs and streams to Roman amphitheatres and Victorian sewers.
Metro
The people at the Metro have asked me to give my views about London
Radio Taxis
Find out about what London cabbies think of working in their city
Urban philistines
A website about bridges- interesting. Thanks for your comment
Prince of Wales Lodges
Thanks my head is getting bigger as I write.
Urban philistines
Thank you again for your full and detailed comment. Best of luck with
London's hyper-local blogs
I have added Tradescant Road and South Lambeth a hyperlocal blog. Than
Welsh rare bit
Thanks for your comment that's intriguing. That only other information