HeyJaredJames Ford
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Why are so many London buses crashing? (opens the original)
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The number of buses crashing in London is up by a fifth in seven years, but City Hall seems unconcerned. James Ford is worried Something is going badly wrong with London’s buses. On average, every day a staggering 44 London buses crash. That is an increase of nearly 20 per cent on 2019 (which is the staggeringly late date when TfL decided it maybe needed to keep track of these things). In 2025, there were 15,390 bus crashes – which is the equivalent of almost every bus in London crashing twice i
The Bayeux Tapestry is British - we should keep it (opens the original)
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Despite its name, the Bayeux Tapestry is British…and it should therefore be kept permanently in the British Museum, argues James Ford I have a big problem with the Bayeux Tapestry. Firstly, it is not a tapestry, it is an embroidery. Secondly, it was not made in Bayeux. Historians believe it was stitched and sewn in Kent, probably around Canterbury. So, by rights, it should really be called the Canterbury Embroidery. There is perhaps a poetic irony to the fact that the British Museum’s feted gues
'Londoners can no longer afford the Notting Hill Carnival' (opens the original)
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I take great exception to the Notting Hill Carnival. Not because the event is associated with an orgy of violent crime and stabbing. Not because of the extent to which it inconveniences local residents. Not even because of the staggering number of police officers injured each year. My beef is with the economics of the Notting Hill Carnival. And, more specifically, the value that London taxpayers get from it versus the subsidy they must cough up each year. Because, whilst the carnival may seem li
Londoners can no longer afford the Notting Hill Carnival (opens the original)
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Around 2m people flock to Notting Hill Carnival each year for one of the world’s largest street festivals. But there is no such thing as a free lunch – or a free street party – argues James Ford I take great exception to the Notting Hill Carnival. Not because the event is associated with an orgy of violent crime and stabbing. Not because of the extent to which it inconveniences local residents. Not even because of the staggering number of police officers injured each year. My beef is with the ec
Which is the smelliest Tube line? (opens the original)
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Nobody would say that the Tube is the most fresh or fragrant part of London’s transport network. But which line stinks more than the others? James Ford finally has the answer. Good news, fellow Londoners. At long last I can answer one of the great unanswered questions of London life. Not “which is superior: north or south of the river?” Not “which is the better London anthem: Going Underground or London Calling?” Not even the great, intractable choice of most iconic London food: “pie and mash or
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