(Readers may have noticed a turn towards the flippant of late. This is because I am now engaged in the grim process of doing what is referred to in the trade as "empirical work". It is not good. The PRO will be home for the next few weeks.)

In the meantime, found an excellent critical guide to dear old Bermondsey, run by skateboarders. Say what you like about skateboarders and their eccentric transports: they know Bermondsey only too well. ("If your wise give Bermondsey a wide berth" etc)