Barefoot, no harness, on top of The Shard

What next for Old Trafford's daredevil free climber?

Living in a van in Old Trafford, Adam Lockwood has been biding his time. His court order specifically prohibits him from climbing buildings — ever since he scaled The Shard, barefoot and without a harness in 2022.

But abroad, there is no such restriction, and Lockwood has been drawing up a list of structures he wants to get on top of right across Europe. Some have never been scaled before. We tried to catch Lockwood before he left Manchester, but he’d already slipped off to Serbia. We eventually managed to get him on a video call and ask the obvious question — why do you do something that strikes 99.99% of the population as completely insane?

That’s our story today — but first, your mini briefing. As you’d expect, the bombshell announcement from Oasis leads proceedings…

Mini briefing

🎸 As you already know, Oasis have announced their reunion tour. Hotel rooms over their four-night run at Heaton Park next July are vanishing, and the city centre Holiday Inn has been listing rooms for one pe…