Controversy in Holborn. Commuters shocked.
( Going underground.. )

Breakfasts I saw on my way to work this morning ( Read more... )

Things I saw on my way to work this morning ( Read more... )

I got back into Ealing Broadway around midnight last night on the train. Ambling up the platform and vaguely patting my pockets to make sure I hadn't lost something, I became aware of some shouting ahead and looked up in time to see a bloke dropping down between the train and the platform ( Read more... )

Things I saw on my way to work this morning ( Read more... )

Anyone who travels round south-east England on the train is probably aware that Reading's undergoing major changes. Having been away over Easter, then driving to work last week, I was lightly surprised on Monday morning to pull into platform 13A.

Last time I was there, Reading didn't have a 13A. In fact, while the station was shut over Easter ( Read more... )

Things I saw on my way to work this morning ( Read more... )

I am shamelessly earwigging on a conversation between a couple on the train. They were (briefly) arguing about whether a film they saw last year was brilliant, or rubbish.

This is has now been resolved, when one half of the argument realised it had confused Prometheus with Coriolanus :)

Today, on the train, I overheard someone else's conversation. Someone was telling their friend how, having worked for years as an illustrator, they were planning to re-train as a tattooist.

At which point I started wondering: how do you learn to be a tattoo artist? Sure, you can practice drawing on paper, but at some point you're going to have to ( Read more... )

Things I saw on my way to work this morning ( Read more... )