Proof that no one goes into the office on a Friday any more, City A.M. has ceased publishing its Friday print edition.

According to Inrix, London topped the global congestion ranking for the second year in a row. The study, which looked at more than 1,000 cities across 50 countries, showed that London’s drivers spent an average of 156 hours sitting in traffic in 2022, and that the amount of time lost to traffic jams is 5 per cent above pre-coronavirus levels.

This year I’ve used up all my old definitive stamps, sending my Christmas cards before they force us to use barcoded monstrosities from February, now only six days away. Perversely Christmas non-barcoded are still valid for another six months. Before politicians in their wisdom, broke up Royal Mail, we could have exchanged them in the post office instead of downloading the appropriate form and sending it off.

We have all seen the black and white films: Cary Grant is walking along a rain-swept London street and sees a cab in the distance, he whistles, and the vehicle practices an impressive u-turn. But how does this transcend real life? A question posed by Taxi Point found the whistle divides opinion. The whistle is still heavily used by the hotel doorman to call up the next taxi when the rank is set back from the entrance. This act has been used for decades and even dates back to horse and carriage times. TaxiPoint asked its readers whether it was rude for a customer to whistle at them when trying to hail a taxi. Some were quite happy with bringing whistled, however, the main argument for cabbies was that they didn’t like the action as it was the link to a submissive command usually aimed at dogs.