On Tuesday, it was the Telegraph; today, the Times... both inspired by the revamped Brunswick Centre, both extolling Bloomsbury as central London's property hotspot du jour. (Rat and Mouse question: when the lawyers and media people and Rupert Everett move in, where do all the low-income earners who lived there before go? Isn't that the mystery of gentrification.)

And speaking of poor people and gentrification and mysteries... what in the name of all that's holy was Kirstie Allsopp's sister, Sofie (like "Sophie", but more expensive) doing co-presenting The Best & Worst Places To Live 2006 on Channel 4 last night? What was the reasoning? Kirstie can't do it, but her sister looks and sounds similar... nobody'll notice. If you missed it, click the above link for a series of short films, including the notorious Hackney episode, which has caused more than a little anger.