(I know I promised something other than badly thought-out sociological observations, but I’m starting to think it’s all my brain can do now. Damn you, university.) The unique environment of anonymity afforded by the city is summed up nicely at the beginning of North By Northwest. Cary Grant hoodwinks an innocent chump into giving him his New [...]
Archive for February, 2010
With the Place Where Nobody Knows Your Name
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cafe, cary grant, London, north by northwest, People watching, voyeurism on February 23, 2010 | 3 Comments »
With Amerigo and Ferdinand and Christopher in Streatham
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged London, society, South London Press, Streatham, Transport on February 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
So, this was a week of discovery. As previously mentioned the public transport in London is a wonderful thing. As well as that, the sheer density of the place makes it easy to go from place to place by foot. I’ve always been fascinated by the fact that if you picked almost any point in the city [...]
With the Crowd Colours or ‘Nobody Who Matters Goes South On The Northern Line’
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Canada Water, Clapham, college, London, Northern Line, Race, society, Stockwell, Stratification, Transport, Tube, Underground on February 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I haven’t the time, inclination, brains nor attention-span to start a useful intellectual discourse on social and racial stratification in London, but I figured that some small piece of anecdotal evidence might be of interest. Today was my last day travelling on the Jubilee and Northern Lines from Canada Water. I’m tempted to say ‘riding [...]
With the Northern Line
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged London, Northern Line, Oyster Card, Transport, Tube, Underground on February 5, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The end of the beginning. My first week in London has been good. I haven’t been mugged, raped, stabbed or happy-slapped and I have managed to avoid doing any of those things to anyone else. I’ve retained a little of my wide-eyed optimism and haven’t taken any body-blows so far. I’ve come to appreciate a few things (free newspapers, endless [...]
With the Limbo and the First Day
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged college, dante, journalism, limbo, London, shorthand, Teeline on February 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
You may be wondering why I am here in London and putting up with crap beds at all. I am doing a journalism course at Clapham which will last six months.
