You can tell pigeons are working class because every pigeon looks knackered. But aren’t you just a bit curious why, out of all the birds, pigeons are the most tolerant of humans? Maybe you’ll see what our ancestors saw thousands of years ago: a bird that’s not like other birds. A bird that’s a fellow commuter on this journey of ours, just trying to get through it like the rest of us. And if you’ve got a problem with that, you can find me on a hill with 20 hard-as-nut Lewisham pigeons.

Source: The Guardian December 29, 2025 12:30 UTC