William Sitwell

1 day ago | telegraph.co.uk | William Sitwell

Notting Hill's newest corner pub offers comfort in spades with its distinctly, chest-pumpingly, vow-to-thee-my-country English foodThey were literally smashing down my past when I walked along Kensington Church Street in London, heading for The Blue Stoops. In the 1990s I lived with my brother, George, around the corner, at the summit of Notting Hill, on a street called Farm Place.

5 days ago | telegraph.co.uk | William Sitwell

6 days ago | telegraph.co.uk | William Sitwell

As a cyclist in London, I bear witness to a dramatic decline in driving etiquette, the idea of "after you" now superseded by those at the wheel acting like they're getaway drivers in a crime caper; honking horns now making the streets of London sound more like Naples. There is no dignity offered by anyone answering the phone, be it a bank, TV or telecoms business, with British grannies being abused daily by folk demanding their dates of birth.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | William Sitwell

It was one of the more astonishing admissions of the week: “Sorry lads, my phone was on silent.” Or, as the Kelly Review, published on Wednesday, put it: “Mr Woldbye expressed to us his deep regret at not being contactable during the night of the incident.”The apology nestles in a 75-page report authored by Ruth Kelly, the former transport secretary, who examined the circumstances relating to the closure of Heathrow Airport on March 21.

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | William Sitwell

Our hero, Woldbye, as you can read on page 36 of the report (section 14, subsection 3), "first became aware of the incident at approximately 06:45 on 21 March, and received a debrief from Mr Echave [Heathrow's chief operating officer]". "Fine work, man," he might have said. "Now, what's going on?"And, famously, it was not for want of trying to get hold of Woldbye during the night.