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• LATEST POSTS

  • To the end of the ends of the lines
  • Give me the crisp packet of a child who is seven
  • Perfect circle
  • A call to Arms
  • Long night’s journey into day

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  150 great things about the Underground
  My birthday salute to a public transport titan
  Twenty-five years ago today
  A real-time rummage through my old diaries

  Come to Metro-land
  An album of songs I have written

  TV Cream
  ...to which I contribute

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  Abandoned signage A busker A jovial take on nuclear reprocessing A location suggestive of diabolical masterminds A loss of dignity A man can lose himself in London An absence of first class service in first class carriages An exploding tea urn A travelator Belligerent seabirds By way of clearing my throat Carnforth Chips and beans Conversations with strangers Crotchety old sods European integration - by rail! Feeling like I'm taking part in a BBC sketch comedy series Hello there I wouldn't normally do this kind of thing Lancashire hot pot in the name of the law Large type that demands to be read at once Liverpool Merseyrail Me talking to you on camera - you have been warned Moving pictures Northern skies Over-familiar train managers Overheard mutterings Paradiddles People getting Holmfirth confused with Carnforth to limited comic effect Racist crones Ray Gosling Secretly feeling glad that something very very old still exists Shared rail-based adventuring Small print Something approaching beauty Steam trains that aren't what you're expecting Stiff upper lips The Floral Dance The Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection The smell of a black and white film The sound of silence The worst kind of train in Britain Too much running and not enough railwaying Very British expressions of rage

• TWITTER

  • Blog update: in which I visit each of London's nine toytown termini, and go on a bit about Norman Tebbit arailwayrunsthroughit.com/2013/06/19/to-… 31 minutes ago
  • Blooming @ West Finchley London Underground Station instagram.com/p/av-bStIS0Q/ 4 hours ago
  • Off to escape the heat in the cool darkness @Phoenixcinema for a ganderpoke Behind the Candelabra. 9 hours ago
  • I'm blaming the heat for everything that goes wrong today, including a) delays on the Northern line and b) my shower rail falling down. 10 hours ago
  • "They had a few friends, tried to enjoy life, and will be missed by their family." It would seem more real somehow. 22 hours ago