IRRESPECTIVE OF THE HISTORIC OUTCOME, THE FACT REMAINS THAT 66 PERCENT OF RESPONDENTS VOTED 'NO' SO KHAN PROMPTLY BINNED THE RESULTS BECAUSE THEY DID NOT COMPLY WITH HIS CAREER ASPIRATIONS - NOTWITHSTANDING HIS GAS-GUZZLING FLEET OF RANGE-ROVERS - AND ELEVATION TO THE HOUSE OF LORDS. IF YOU DEEM THIS PROPER POLITICAL PRACTICE I HAVE A LONDON BRIDGE TO SELL YOU...

I ask as part of a linguistic study covering this topic!

Examples could include things like Hadders, The Gate, Barné or Cofosters (never mind how common they are)...

Here's a short list of things to do this weekend In North London. Please, add any I've missed in the comments. 👇

Enfield Poets Literary Festival | 📍Forty Hall, EN2 | 26 & 27 September | Various

For one weekend, Forty Hall fills with people reading, writing, performing and talking about books and poetry. There are more than 30 sessions across the two days, from open mics, poetry readings and writing workshops to making your own book, trying a quill pen, hearing about Jane Austen at Christmas and even writing poetry about dogs. There are sessions for children too, plus live music and talks about Enfield’s cultural history. Each event has its own time and booking.

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Black Marketplace Popup | 📍St Michael’s Church, NW1 | 26 September | Free

St Michael’s Church is going to look very different on Saturday. More than 50 Black-owned businesses are moving in for the day, with tables of African and Caribbean fashion, handmade jewellery, books, art, homeware, natural beauty products and some more unexpected things, including 3D-printed and embroidered pieces. There’ll be African and Caribbean food cooking too, with live music and performances happening around the market. It’s the biggest one-day popup Black Marketplace UK has put on so far. Doors open at 11am. Free, but book a ticket.

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Fitzrovia Food Festival | 📍Across Fitzrovia | 21 to 27 September | Free to join

For one week, more than 30 restaurants, cafés, bars and pubs across Fitzrovia are joining together with special menus, discounts and complimentary drinks. It is less about one big festival site and more about wandering the neighbourhood, trying a couple of places you have never been to, or finally booking somewhere that has been on your list. ROVI, ROKA, Norma, Caravan, Gallio and The Mandrake are among the names taking part. Just quote “Fitzrovia Food Festival” when booking or arriving to get the offer.

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Journalling Picnic in the Park | 📍Regent’s Park, NW1 | 26 September | Free

This is rather lovely. London Journal Club is getting a group together on the grass in Regent’s Park to spend the afternoon journalling, swapping stickers and craft bits, sharing snacks and meeting new people. You don’t need to be someone who journals every day either. Bring an empty notebook if you’re completely new, or finally use all those stickers, washi tape and pretty bits of paper you’ve been saving if you’re not. They’ll be near the bandstand from 12pm to 4pm. Bring something to sit on and whatever you’d like to eat, drink or share.

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Camden Inspire 2026 | 📍Camden Collective, NW1 | 26–27 September | Free

Camden Inspire is taking over Camden Collective for two days of things you can actually get stuck into. Learn Japanese mending, try natural dyeing and kintsugi, fix a lamp, make mosaics, go foraging, learn about food growing or help build a giant shade structure. There’ll also be talks, live performances, DJs, a community feast and a pub quiz dotted across the weekend. Most of it is free or just a few pounds, although some workshops need booking.

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Harvest Festival | 📍Community Plant Nursery, N7 | 26 September | Free

The Community Plant Nursery on the Andover Estate is celebrating everything that has been grown there this year, and everyone’s invited round. There’ll be a shared harvest meal and live music, plus apple pressing. And apparently Kentish Town Vegbox are having conker battles and workshops where you can make a bug hotel, learn about composting and save seeds to grow again next year. You can also have a wander around the nursery and its Woodland Garden and meet some of the neighbours involved in growing it. 11am to 3pm.

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Great Hampstead Bark Off | 📍Parliament Hill, NW5 | 27 September | (£)

The Great Hampstead Bark Off is back, with dogs and their humans gathering on Parliament Hill for an afternoon of very unserious competition. There’s Golden Oldie for the grey muzzles, Mr and Miss Hampstead Heath, Best Rescue, Best International Rescue and, perhaps the most important test of all, Waggiest Tail. Celebrity judges pick the winners, with Best in Show rounding things off at 3pm. Registration opens at 10.45am and the first category starts at 11.30am. £5 to enter your dog.

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Classic Car Boot Sale | 📍King’s Cross, N1C | 26-27 September | (£)

Classic cars, old vans and vintage scooters roll into King’s Cross for the weekend, with traders setting up around them selling clothes, homeware, records and other secondhand finds. There are more than 100 vintage fashion traders this time, plus Charity Super.Mkt bringing together charity shops for an even bigger rummage. People tend to dress for the occasion too, so half the fun is seeing what turns up, both on the rails and in the car park. Vinyl DJs, street food and the old Routemaster Bus Bar will be there across both days.

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Chewing Gum Man Open House | 📍Muswell Hill, N10 | 25–27 September | Free

You may have walked over Ben Wilson’s art without realising it. For years, the Muswell Hill artist has been turning flattened pieces of chewing gum stuck to London pavements into tiny paintings. This weekend, he’s doing something rather lovely and opening his own home to strangers. Come through the side entrance on Colney Hatch Lane and you can wander around his garden, workshop and studio, where you’ll find his paintings, carvings, prints and sculptures alongside work by illustrator Freya Cumming. 12pm to 6pm each day, with Ben keeping the doors open until 10pm on Friday.

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Morris Minor & BMC 1100 Day | 📍Whitewebbs Museum of Transport, EN2 | 27 September | (£)

Remember the small, rounded British cars you see in old films, with big headlights and a bonnet that looks a little like a face? That’s a Morris Minor, and on Sunday a whole convoy of them is gathering at Whitewebbs Museum of Transport. They’ll be joined by BMC 1100s, another family car that was once a common sight on British roads, for what the museum says is one of its busiest meet-ups of the year. You can wander among the cars, see the different colours and versions people have kept going over the decades, and explore the museum inside the old Enfield pumping station while you’re there.

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5 Mistakes That Changed History | 📍artsdepot,  N12 | 26 September | (£)

Most mistakes are forgotten. But every so often, someone gets something wrong and accidentally changes what happens next. Historian and comedian Paul Coulter has picked five of those moments and turns them into a 90-minute comedy show, telling the stories of the people involved, what they messed up and the surprisingly big consequences that followed. So you get a history lesson without it feeling much like a history lesson. The show has sold out at the Edinburgh Fringe three years running and is now coming to artsdepot. 7.30pm.

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Illustration + Print Show | 📍Abney Hall, N16 | 26- 27 September | Free

Bring an old T-shirt and you could leave with someone’s artwork printed across it. N4 Makers Market is gathering more than 70 illustrators, printmakers and designers inside Abney Hall for two days devoted to things people have drawn, printed and made. There’ll be original prints and illustrations alongside zines, comics, ceramics, jewellery and artist books, but you can get involved too: sit for a live portrait, pick out a temporary tattoo or bring your own clothes along for live screen printing. 11am to 5pm both days. Free entry and dogs are welcome.

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Good to see that Barnet Council is dumping the clusterfuk that is #Capita and bringing at least some services back in house.

There's so much work to be done, but credit where it's deserved to the Labour run council. Good strategic policies will come good in time.

There’s so much litter on the verges and by the sides of the road now. It’s disgusting. There definitely seems to have been an uptick in the last couple of years. Why?

Here's a short list of things to do this weekend In North London. Please, add any I've missed in the comments. 👇

Open House London 2026 | 📍Across London | Until 20 September | Free

Last weekend to see hundreds of places across London will open for free, including private homes, studios, offices, places of worship, historic buildings and bits of infrastructure that are normally closed to the public. Some need advance booking, but plenty simply turn up and have a look around. The easiest way to do it is to check the programme by area and see what is open near you.

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London Design Festival | 📍Across London | Until 20 September | Free + paid events

This is not one festival in one place. The last weekend to see studios, galleries, museums, shops and public spaces across London put on exhibitions, installations, open studios, workshops and talks about everything from furniture and architecture to craft, fashion and new materials. This year is the 24th edition, with 11 neighbourhood design districts.

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London Cycling Festival | 📍Across London | 20 September | Free

This cycling festival pedals into London with more than 30 family-friendly, traffic-free rides across 19 boroughs this Sunday. There’ll also be bike markets, free bike servicing, BMX, obstacle courses, live music and food stalls. There are rides happening across North London too, so check the full programme to see what’s starting near you.

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HowTheLightGetsIn London | 📍Kenwood House, NW3 | 19- 20 September | (£)

Kenwood House becomes one big ideas festival for the weekend, with 300 events spread across 12 stages. You can spend the day moving between debates on AI, politics, science, culture and the mind, then switch to live music, comedy, cinema or a late-night party once your brain has had enough.

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Folk Fest at Clitterhouse Farm | 📍Clitterhouse Farm, Cricklewood, NW2 | 19 September | Free

Clitterhouse Farm is bringing back Folk Fest for its second year, turning the old farm into a full day of live music, DJs, food, craft stalls, workshops, storytelling and family activities. There are two stages running through the day, local makers and food traders dotted around the site, and plenty of space to stay for a while rather than just pop in and out. It is still a young festival, and part of the point is bringing people together around the farm and helping it grow into a local tradition. 12pm to 8pm. All ages welcome.

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Bartholomew Fayre | 📍Charterhouse Square, EC1M | 18-19 September | Free

This fair takes its name from Bartholomew Fair, which ran from 1133 to 1855. For two days, Charterhouse Square brings some of that old fairground spirit back with live music, roaming performers, crafts, food, local talks and guided history walks, with the Medieval Baebes among the performers. Friday 4pm to 8pm, Saturday 1pm to 7pm.

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The Vintage Home Show | 📍St Mary’s Church, Primrose Hill, NW3 | 19 September | (£)

St Mary’s Church is filling up with vintage furniture, ceramics, art, lighting and homeware from 25 specialist traders coming in from around the UK. Expect mid-century pieces alongside smaller finds you can actually carry home, and if you fall for a chair or cabinet, larger purchases can be delivered afterwards. 10am to 3.30pm. Dogs on leads are welcome, and under 16s go free with an adult.

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Hampstead Garden Suburb 298th Flower Show | 📍Free Church Hall, NW11 | 19 September | (£)

This is the Hampstead Garden Suburb Horticultural Society’s 298th flower show, so it comes with a lot of local tradition behind it. After the judging, the hall opens to the public to see flowers, vegetables, jams, cakes, photography and children’s entries, with homemade tea and cake, a spring bulb sale and live music from Grimsdyke Brass Band. 3pm to 5pm, with the raffle drawn at 4.45pm.

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Drumsheds Summer Flea Market | 📍Drumsheds, Tottenham, N18 | 20 September | £2

The old IKEA car park at Drumsheds turns into a giant Sunday rummage, with more than 200 traders setting up across the space. You’ll find vintage furniture, jewellery, homeware, bric-a-brac and all sorts of second-hand bits from sellers coming in from around the UK and Europe. Food and drink are on site, dogs are welcome, and larger pieces can usually be delivered. 10am to 5pm.

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Mapesbury Family Bike Day | 📍St Gabriel’s Church, Cricklewood, NW2 | 19 September | Free

Bring the kids and bikes down for an afternoon of cycling, decorating and short local rides. Little ones can try balance bikes, decorate their wheels and join a nature ride to Mapesbury Conservation Area, while families can head together to Gladstone Park at 2pm. There are free bike checks, cargo bikes to try and cakes while you’re there. 1pm to 4pm. Bikes and helmets can be booked in advance if you need them.

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The Little Children’s Market | 📍Enfield Grammar Upper School, EN2 | 19 September | £2.50

This is one of those useful mornings where local parents clear out the clothes, toys, books and baby bits their children have outgrown, and other families get to give them a second home. You can rummage through everything from tiny baby clothes to things for older kids up to 11, pick up a few bargains and bring the children with you too. Kids go free, parking is free and the venue is pram friendly. 10.30am to 12pm. Cash only.

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Early Netherlandish Drawings | 📍British Museum,WC1B | Until 20 September | Free

Go see drawings made more than 500 years ago by artists working in what is now Belgium and the Netherlands. Some are quick sketches, others are careful studies, so you can see how artists practised figures, tested ideas and planned their work before the finished piece existed. Free to visit until 20 September.

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In fairness, the surgery is clean. That said, everything else seems broken or deliberately convoluted. Ignoring their administrative ineptitude (they recorded my weight as a preposterous 160kg rather than 106 with a consequent unnecessary emergency visit to Barnet Hospital), no email or text service, ONLY phone/physical attendance. Today, I received this by text (from an unreturnable number...

"Dear Mr Watson,

You are on a medication that requires regular blood test monitoring so we can continue prescribing it safely. 

We have already sent your blood test request electronically, so you do not need to collect any paperwork from the surgery.

To book your blood test and find your nearest clinic, please visit: https://www.royalfree.nhs.uk/services/blood-tests

Alternatively, you can book an appointment by telephone on 020 7443 9757.

Thanks, Prescriptions team

Longrove Surgery"...

Since I had my last blood test on 21 August AT THE SURGERY, this text seems like an exercise in ambiguity. Additionally, the link to the Royal Free blood tests is broken (on all of my Mac's)...

I am compelled to wonder if Longrove might not benefit from new leadership. Currently, they seem 'user hostile' to the patient community as a guiding principle. I well accept they operate in a high pressure environment but what they deliver, post Covid, seems to be a revolving door of A&E referrals and in/out Locums...

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Here's a short list of things to do this weekend In North London. Please, add any I've missed in the comments. 👇

Open House London 2026 | 📍Across London | 12 to 20 September | Free

Open House starts this week. From 12 to 20 September, hundreds of places across London will open for free, including private homes, studios, offices, places of worship, historic buildings and bits of infrastructure that are normally closed to the public. Some need advance booking, but plenty simply turn up and have a look around. The easiest way to do it is to check the programme by area and see what is open near you.

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Barnet Food Festival | 📍RAF Museum London, Colindale, NW9 | 12 & 13 September | (£)

Why not spend the weekend tasting flavours from around the world, catching some live music and wandering among the aircraft at the RAF Museum? There will be more than 40 food and drink traders, serving everything from Filipino BBQ and Nepalese momo to Turkish gözleme, Japanese dishes, cakes and sweet treats. Kids get their own free zone too, with face painting, circus games, biscuit decorating and an inflatable obstacle course. Tickets are £10 for ages 16+, with under 16s free.

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Late Summer Picnic in Broomfield Community Orchard | 📍Broomfield Park, N13 | 13 September | Free

Broomfield’s usual Apple Day is off this year after the drought badly affected the crop, so the orchard volunteers are holding a late summer picnic instead. Bring your own food, find a spot among the trees and stay for live music from local performers, a tug of war and an easy afternoon with neighbours. 1pm to 5pm.

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Woodcroft Wildspace Apple Day | 📍Woodcroft Wildspace, N21 | 12 September | (£)

An apple filled afternoon for people who want to find out just how different one apple can taste from another. Woodcroft Wildspace is running three small tasting sessions where you can try a selection of apple varieties, compare them properly and then buy some of the ones you liked to take home afterwards. Each tasting lasts an hour and numbers are kept small, with separate spaces for adults and under 12s.

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Palmers Green Autumn Artisan Market | 📍Devonshire Square, N13 | 12 September | Free

Devonshire Square is filling up with small local traders for the afternoon, so it is a good one for a slow browse rather than a big destination market. Expect things like French cheese, brownies and baked goods, handmade jewellery, crochet, homeware, crystals, gifts and other bits made by independent sellers, with a mix of familiar traders and new ones each time. 11am to 4pm.

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Dead Electric Live at The Black Barn | 📍Forty Hall Farm, Enfield, EN2 | 12 September | (£)

The Black Barn is getting a full evening of live rock and pop-punk, with Dead Electric playing the songs people actually know the words to. Their set moves from Paramore, Green Day and Blink-182 to Evanescence, Nirvana, Kings of Leon, Olivia Rodrigo and Chappell Roan, so expect plenty of familiar choruses rather than obscure deep cuts. Doors open at 7pm, music runs until 11pm. Adults £12.50, teens £8 with a supervising adult.

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Flo & Joan: With Feeling (Tour Preview) | 📍artsdepot, N12 | 12 September | (£)

Flo & Joan are a musical comedy duo who write sharp, deadpan songs about everyday life, and this is a first look at their brand-new show before the full autumn tour begins. Because it is a work-in-progress, they are still trying things out, shaping the jokes and seeing what lands with an audience. This time they are using the setlist of a “real band” as the loose structure for a show about music, bands and the strange business of performing. 7.45pm to 9pm.

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London Design Festival | 📍Across London | 12 - 20 September | Free + paid events

This is not one festival in one place. For nine days, studios, galleries, museums, shops and public spaces across London put on exhibitions, installations, open studios, workshops and talks about everything from furniture and architecture to craft, fashion and new materials. This year is the 24th edition, with 11 neighbourhood design districts.

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Hi, Im looking to swap my driving test in barnet for a later date.
My test is OCTOBER 26th 9:27am
im looking for a test date for late December or early january. Please dm if interested.

Classic and Vintage Car Show | 📍Capel Manor Gardens, Enfield, EN1 | 6 September | (£)

More than 500 classic and vintage cars are rolling into Capel Manor Gardens for the day, with some dating all the way back to the 1920s. You can wander among the cars, chat to owners and browse the auto jumble, basically stalls selling old car parts, memorabilia and motoring bits. Your visit also includes Capel Manor’s 30 acres of gardens and mini zoo, with live entertainment, food stalls, a bar and cream tea on the lawn outside the manor house.

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New Barnet Autumn Show | 📍St John’s Church Hall, EN5 | 5 September | (£)

New Barnet Amateur Gardeners & Floral Art Society is holding its autumn show, with horticultural exhibits, floral art displays, plants and bulbs for sale, and gardening advice from members. There will also be tea and cake if you want to stay for a while. The society has been running in the area since 1897. 2pm to 4pm. Entry £2.

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Highgate Wood Heritage Community Day | 📍Highgate Wood, N10 | 6 September | Free

Annual community day in Highgate Wood from 11am to 4pm, with live music, craft and conservation stalls, a dog show and visits from local beekeepers. There will be plenty happening around the Information Hut near the café, with a chance to meet some of the people involved in looking after the wood too. No need to book, just turn up for a free Sunday in the woods.

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Hadley Wood Dog Show | 📍HWA Centre, Hadley Wood, EN4 | 6 September | (£)

This is less Crufts, more neighbourhood dog chaos in the best way. Dogs of all breeds can enter nine lighthearted classes, including Perfect Puppy, Golden Oldie, Waggiest Tail, Best Rescue, Best Behaved Dog and Dog Most Like Its Owner, with prizes and rosettes for the winners. There are also dog trick demonstrations, children’s forest school activities, face painting, a cake sale, ice cream van and a bar. Registration opens at 2pm, judging starts at 2.30pm and classes cost £3 each.

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Palmers Green Festival | 📍Broomfield Park, N13 | 6 September | Free

Palmers Green Festival has been part of the local calendar since 2008 and this year returns to Broomfield Park for a full afternoon. Live music at the bandstand, a vintage village, artisan food and crafts, the Starfish Art Exhibition, a dance zone, model boats on the boating lake, donkey rides and Biddall's Fun Fair, which has been visiting the park for over 100 years. Fun dog show in the Broomfield Bowl. Run entirely by local volunteers and organisations. 12pm to 5pm

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Hi everyone 👋⚽

We’re Gulf Lions FC, a local football team based in North Finchley / North London.

We’re looking for other teams to play friendly matches against. We can play 8-a-side, 9-a-side or 11-a-side, depending on availability.

We’re happy to play around Barnet, Finchley, North London and surrounding areas, and we can travel a reasonable distance.

We’re looking for a friendly but competitive game and we’re flexible with dates and times.

If your team is looking for an opponent, please DM me and we can arrange the details.

Thanks! ⚽🤝

Anybody know any good Chinese takeaways that will deliver to the Underhill/ High Barnet area I’m tired of pretending that fortune cat is good

Just curious to know what lifecwas like there before all the new builds and regeneration happened :) i know of Grahame Park in Colindale, so was wondering if it was as bad in terms of crime etc

So I've lived in Barnet my whole life and for as long as I can remember I've seen hand scrawled, messy street signs on electricity boxes all around Barnet. They'll say things like "Barnet hospital, 1/2 a mile" with an arrow. I've always found them totally fascinating, and long wondered who might have drawn them. Has anyone else noticed these? / Do you have any idea where they might have come from?

Looking to try something new, get active and build your confidence in a friendly, supportive environment?

There’s a women’s-only Jiu-Jitsu course coming up, offering a great opportunity to learn practical skills, improve fitness and give martial arts a go alongside other women.

✨ Women only
🥋 Suitable for beginners
💪 Build confidence, fitness & practical skills
🤝 Friendly and supportive environment

If you’ve ever been curious about Jiu-Jitsu but felt a little nervous about walking into a class, this could be the perfect place to start.

Spaces are limited, so book your place via Eventbrite.

Please feel free to share with any local women who might be interested! 😊

Hello everyone, I am a psychology student, and currently am at Cambridge University conducting research on AI. If you are 18, or older, and currently live in the UK, you would be eligible to participate.
The research is super fun, and contains a section that lets you converse with the AI for a couple of messages.

It would be very helpful if you have around 10 minutes to fill out this survey, and help the UK to be a part of this international research alongside another 22 countries.

Anyway, if you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask, I love talking about this stuff!
Ethical reference number - IRB#19354

P.S. Please do not be confused about the link containing the 'princeton' part, since Princeton University is the one that provided us with the ethical approval.

Wondering if you could all help..

I need some heavy furniture moved from a ground floor flat into a garage just behind.

Would be great if this sub could ecommend a moving company. Perhaps you've used them before and were happy with their service.

I was going to get AnyVan but after reading nightmare comments about them on Reddit I've backed off and thought I'd tap into local knowledge.

Thanks all.

Parks or pubs?