It’s the Women’s T20 World Cup England & Wales 2026 at Lord’s today. It’s on as I write.

So I took a walk the to see the entertainment that was on before the game. The She’s Got Brass band was playing on the street, doubtless to distract the crowds from their impatience to get into the ground.

And the band were very accomplished, with the drummer setting a strong beat and everyone playing well together.

Listen for yourself.

This was a really warm and friendly woman who I met early on before the 2026 Pride Parade got going. She was holding a banner that read ‘All Pride No Prejudice’ and so I asked whether she had been to Bath for the Regency Walks and she told me she had and that she runs reenactments.

Here are some of those who took part in Pride 2026- plus at the end a preacher – one of several who were railing against the wicked who would not find entry to the heavenly kingdom. Near the preacher I photographed were a group of young women with anti-preacher messages. It seemed a waste of energy they could have put into the Pride Parade, but then it is also true that it truly takes all kinds to make a world.