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UK: Visiting St Vedast-Alias-Foster Church Courtyard! (15.8.2026)

15/08/2026 Adrian (釋大道)

This is why some of us can still speak the old language of “Gaelic” or Gallic”. We win in the end by absorbing all these foreigners and turning them into Celts. Every invader has lost their distinctiveness over time and became “us”. Just as I am a Hakka-Celt – my Chinese family Celtic Hakka! We are explorers who like finding old and unusual things. Well, today we discovered the remarkable Courtyard of St Vedast-Alias-Foster (this French Saint was born c, 453 CE – but the church was built in the 12th century by Flemish migrants – possibly on the site of older Celtic churches) – the address being: 4 Foster Lane, London EC2V 6HH. It was rebuilt and redesigned by Sir Christopher Wren around 1670 – having suffered damage during the 1666 Great Fire of London. What is the Courtyard today used to be part of the church’s graveyard. The church was built is in the style of English Baroque architecture.

Surrey: WWII Anderson Shelter – Rural Life Living Museum! (29.5.2026)

29/05/2026 Adrian (釋大道)

The fact that thousands of working-class people in London took to the Tube tunnels for safety demonstrates just how few people possessed these shelters. My mother’s family – which lived in Lewisham – did possess one of these “Anderson Shelters” – and it saved their lives when Hitler’s bombers finally came! During September, 1941, Hitler targetted the working-class areas of London with the intention of either wiping-out the working-class (and preventing them joining the British Armed Forces) or scaring them so much that they would not volunteer to fight Hitler. Hitler destroyed large parts of Lewisham – which included my mother’s family home. They had took cover in the shelter and as my grandfather was piling-up the sand-bags around the door – when the bombs fell that destotyed their house and street!

The Power of the Unified Brain-Cell – Visiting Central London – Testing the Waters! (4.10.2025)

05/10/2025 Adrian (釋大道)

When visiting London’s Chinatown today – we ate Yum Cha – the area was relaxed and quite sweet. Everyone was calm, relaxed, and perfectly willing to get along. There was NO underlying or latent aggression despite the odd-looking and tattered Union Jack haphazardly hanging from lamp-posts here and there. It seems to me that we have a “rent a mob” in the UK representing the far-right which descends upon a town, brutalises its non-White population, and tries to convince the White population that they are dying-out, and then head back to their Northern strongholds – where many cousins are also brothers and sisters, if you catch my drift. Remember the research into why it was that certain “White” working class populations appeared to be suffering from genetic diseases whilst living near mobile telephone masts – when no such damage was recorded from these mechanisms during extensive scientific trials. It turned-out this DNA problem had nothing to do with the radiation from mobile telephone towers – but was the consequence of indigenous White groups choosing to interbreed amongst brothers, sisters, fathers, daughters, and cousins, etc.

UK: Homeless Carpenter Moves “Mysteriously” Around South London! (2.8.2025)

02/08/2025 Adrian (釋大道)

A new study by homelessness charity Crisis found that among older low-income earners, one in five feared homelessness in their retirement, and many say they cannot afford to stop working.

“A generation once thought to be safe from our housing crisis is now increasingly being swept up in it and at real risk of homelessness,” it concludes.

Francesca Albanese, executive director of policy and social change at Crisis, told Sky News: “Most people are thinking they will go into later life with savings and security, and actually the cost of housing alongside lower wages is meaning that for lots more people that just isn’t an option.”

‘You don’t change the person you are’

Daniel has a bag system. A carrier for dirty laundry, a rucksack for clean, and a small essentials bag on top.

We pass Croydon College, where he obtained his City & Guilds carpentry qualifications, and go to the public library where Daniel charges his phone and uses computers to apply for work.

UK: Inside the London’s Abandoned Tunnels – Under Clapham South Northern Line Tube Station! (3.3.2025)

03/03/2025 Adrian (釋大道)

Despite the difficult circumstances, in an oral history played out loud to visitors, Margaret reminisces fondly about her time in the shelter.

“I had a wonderful time,” she explains. “I was an only child, and I made friends. We used to rush up and down the tunnels.

“People were all in the same boat down there. It was a great leveller. Whether you were rich, poor or whatever you were. If you were homeless.

“People were very kind to each other, much more than they are now. It’s funny isn’t it, that it takes a war to do that.”

After the end of the conflict, the shelters continued to be used as cheap hotel accommodation costing three shillings a night, equivalent to £4 today.

Guests at Clapham South included those who arrived in Britain from the Caribbean as part of the Windrush Generation.

But in 1956, after a fire at the Goodge Street station shelter, the Government decided to abandon the tunnels.

Today, they are mainly used as archive storage, although the tunnels under Clapham Common once housed a hydroponic farm.

For anyone who wants to check out the shelter themselves, new dates for the ‘Hidden London’ tour were released earlier this week, with tickets costing £38.

London: Cash-Strapped TFL “Rents” Publicly owned “Stations” to Fill Funding Shortfall! (28.8.2024)

28/08/2024 Adrian (釋大道)

A TfL spokesperson said: “Partnerships like this help us and brands positively engage with the hundreds of thousands of people who pass through our stations in a fun and playful way, while still ensuring they can use our network safely.
“Signage within trains, including the in-car digital displays which show what the next station is, automated train announcements, and route maps within the trains, were not changed as part of the temporary take-over.”
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