In sympathy
Mind the chat
Anybody who’s taken the tube in London will know that for every twenty train drivers who make boring anodyne announcements, there’s one who will play to his captive audience with a witty running commentary to keep the journey entertaining. Back in the days of catching the Northern line to Camden Town, there was a regular [...]
You talkin’ to me?
False alarm
A whole new world
It was a packed subway train that hurtled me into the city for my first day at work today, with more people crammed into one carriage of the enormous silver train than you’d likely see on the terraces of Chester City FC on the average Saturday. Nobody talks to anybody, obviously. New York’s no different [...]
Ready, steady….
There are many things I’ll miss about London life, but there’s one irrational and wholly inconsequential behavioural trait that I’ll be glad to kiss goodbye to - Oystercard Unreadiness Syndrome.
Maybe you’ve not heard of this disease that’s currently rampaging through our capital city, but you’ve almost certainly seen it. It predominates in women, although is [...]
