🚓 What Cab News

As I wrote last week, a FoI request discovered the number of black cab drivers entering the the trade sat at just 185 new licensees in 2023. Shows a marked decrease in the number of new taxi drivers licensed over the past nine years in the capital.

🎧 What I’m Listening

Nick Ferrari officially took on the role of his LBC breakfast programme in 2004, running from 7 am to 10 am, with a format of news, political debate and discussion. For a phone-in show, after 20 years he still doesn’t mention the phone number to call the programme.

📖 What I’m Reading

Hedgelands by Christopher Hart appeals to the geek in me, this book is about the humble countryside hedge, and how it’s woven into our language, landscape and culture.

📺 What I’m watching

Spring must have arrived, the bluetits have been busy building their nest in our garden.

❓ What else

Check out Google Arts & Culture: TfL’s Cultural Archive, over 2,000 images and documents: historic documents, images and maps charting the history of public transport in London. Whether you want information about maps, posters, gardens, lost property, the famous moquette, and Johnson typeface.

📆 What date?

The 1st of April is just around the corner, a message will appear on CabbieBlog which isn’t a joke, far from it.