Huge news for culture in London: London Museum will open in Smithfield on November 28. Backed by City Hall, I can’t wait for Londoners and visitors to see this reimagined world-class museum that celebrates our past - and creates opportunities in the present.

Chelsea socials, Oct 1920

Twenty years of anything is a long time. I wrote about a journey through time that has been far more than I ever imagined it could be, reflecting on what has been, and looking forward to what the future might hold. thechels.net/2026/forever...

Like his long-standing goals record Bobby, a fine man, has now gone. He fueled hope and inspired a generation. Thank you and farewell.

My Chelsea colleague Rupert has written an intriguing new book on the mindset of being goalie no.3 among no.1s. Unique interviews, the lot www.kickstarter.com/projects/beh...

£5m seems to buy a lot of bigotry these days.

My old pal Alison Bender’s great interview with my old pal Paul Canoville youtu.be/X-pLINRnDsU

Timeless

Thank you and farewell, Sonny Rollins youtu.be/fdakJqKPRDE?...

Come on you mighty Blues

@kenbarkway.bsky.social Sorry for loss. Re music, do you have any memories of her humming or singing to herself, along to the radio or in the car? Play whatever that was

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Chelsea may still claim silverware this season sportsbookawards.com/nominee/chel... @sportsbookawards.bsky.social

Ahead of tomorrow's Chelsea vs Man Utd fixture, #CFCDev will lift and parade their trophy for finishing the #PL2 regular season phase top of the table. It should take place around 7.30pm and the academy would appreciate as much support and celebration as possible.

Some great panelists (plus me) will be discussing all things Chelsea At War (no, not Hicky-stylee) at a fab venue on 30 April. Would be lovely to see some of you there chelseaheritagequarter.co.uk/events/chels...

Clippy helping reach the moon 🤭

Here are 9 more colourful entries from Condover's parish registers (all mid 18th century). And I think I've saved the best for last ... 1. 'Elizabeth a Bastard Daughter of Mary Bromley a most foresworn abominable whore was baptised the 6th [March 1748]

Is it a giant wooden horse

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there's another that reckons, overall, on one night in 1918, 750,000+ were in tube stations sheltering

They said it would take 193 years to clean London’s air. We did it in nine. 💨 London has now met legal limits for nitrogen dioxide air pollution.

Banger after banger after banger after banger. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgGc...

In the 1990s I used to interview Chelsea players for a programme column called ‘On The Ball’. Here are the original questions we thought up. ‘COMA’ was ‘What would wake you from a coma?’ One player replied ‘REDACTED PLAYER’s breath.’

Not looking too bad for 14-year-old sweets.

Wonderful result. Roseniority going well.

They would have liked to talk to my grandfather. He was an air raid warden and once was inspecting a house that had been hit, the floor gave way, and he landed straight on top of a huge unexploded bomb like he was in Dr. Strangelove.

I repeat.

Liam Rosenior. Better subs than Subway.

So said to hear of the death of the mighty Sly Dunbar of Sly & Robbie legend. I especially loved his innovative 80s/90s drumming which he told me was partly inspired by M’s ‘Pop Muzilk’. But here he is aged 15 helping globalise an art form. youtu.be/H_7Kx2FlFQY?...

wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage

Thank you and farewell, the great Eddie McCreadie. Had the joy of meeting him several times. Here, from his chapter in my 1995 book Rhapsody In Blue, Eddie Mac describes his greatest goal – in a League Cup semi-final vs Leicester 30 years earlier

Sorry, Trump and Farage – London is no lawless ‘warzone’. Violent crime is lower than ever | Sadiq Khan

New episode of Went to Mow Kingsmeadow with @rickglanvill.bsky.social pca.st/episode/1074...

Both had trials with Chelsea as teenagers.

The manager when I first started attending Chelsea matches was John Hollins. Have to get a spreadsheet out for those since including the interims. Would love for Liam Rosenior to succeed for so many reasons… think many fans can afford him plenty of goodwill.

Welcome, Liam Rosenior 💪🏽💙 Eight years ago: “Should I get the opportunity to coach one game, never mind 70, then I would be looking to combine the beautiful with the practical.” Sounds good to me.

Well done Calum McFarlane. Great subs and system change. Inspiring. This club 💙

Mood:

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@nilesy1961.bsky.social Many happy ones

So, for that reason, and whatever you and I may think of the song in question, its questionable lyrics (questionable in 2025), its numbing ubiquity, Geldof deserves at least some respect and a doff of the cap. Unlike Shakira and others, he didn't use a tragedy to polish his image and make a mint.

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The icon, the legend, the ORIGINAL Sister Nancy performing BamBam! When the beat drops 💃🏽💃🏽😮‍💨😮‍💨🔥🔥

If Trump does pursue a defamation claim here, I’m going to sleep overnight in the RCJ corridor to make sure I get to watch him being subject to a proper cross - examination.

Quite the view on the way to the match.

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