Last night, having completed an excellent course in computer assisted reporting led by Aron Pilhofer and David Donald, I was having a well deserved drink in a neighbourhood bar when my wallet and mobile phone were stolen. Within half an hour I had called up to cancel the cards, shut down the phone, etc. But…

Been having a couple of problems with some of the hacks on this page going south…normal service will be resumed as soon as possible.

The Tour de France passes almost by my front door, and to celebrate, Southeastern Trains are telling any who wants to come down and watch – not to bring a bike…Could you make it up? Really?

Off-topic, inspired by the enjoyable and rather superior images of Jan Chipchase. On Rosebery Avenue, London EC1, (c/o my BlackBerry Pearl) – turns out it’s a Banksy, of course…