It’s that time of year

We have a few traditions here. The annual Cherry Pey day which celebrates the inscription on the side of the George and Dragon used to be marked here religiously when the sign was in danger of disrepair. Now things have been stabilised thanks to the pub’s renovations we somehow omitted to mention it.

But we still honour the tradition of celebrating the sighting of any hedgehogs. This character was spotted in Wanstead Park Avenue by regular correspondent George C Parker, whose daughter believes the animal has no eyes. We await further intelligence on the matter.