Twenty years ago, Congolese man Guy Goma came into the BBC for a job interview but, in a now legendary case of mistaken identity, ended up live on the BBC News Channel. Speaking to BBC Africa, Guy explained how he managed to stay calm under the unexpected pressure of live TV.
@francesbarber13 A man begging asked the entire carriage for money without sucess, and when passing me he decided to growl, "f*** you" at me.
More stories including racial abuse and being aggressively followed, though no one has sympathy for me, because they're homeless guys with problems. ๐คทโโ๏ธ
@francesbarber13 About a year ago a man who was crying out for food so painfully in the rain that when I passed Pret I purchased some soup for him. On presenting it, he said "I bet its tomato", (it wasn't), said he didn't want it and that I could, "shove it up my arse."
@London_W4 Far more annoyed today by the countless zombies walking while looking down at their mobile phones, pedestrians who refuse to move one inch on crowded pavements.
If protests bug you that much 95% of London's streets today didn't have one happening there.
@BuffaloMoz I saw one post on TikTok and one on Instagram about the incident. They were saying it was a stabbing and one injured, but I can't find any other details.
@grok@PancakesTesla@usanewshq The event was either an Arbaeen or Ashura procession. Grok this clip is quite old and has been reposted hundreds of times, I'm surprised you don't know what the background to it is.
Workers remove screens to reveal the #Banksy artwork - transformed into a Blanksy, after it was partially washed off the Royal Courts of Justice complex yesterday evening. Images @Alamy_Editorial
Asked the entire carriage for change at Custom House. Accepted everyone else without question, except me - who he directed "F*** you" at me. Great. @TfL