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Pushchairs, trolleys and a London bus

Posted: 3 May, 2015

The London bus is crowded, its passengers are the normal blend of working class, multicultural Eastenders. Most of the passengers on the lower deck are ...

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A Motorway Blowout

Posted: 18 February, 2015

We are halfway through one of our regular drives from London to Wiltshire, we have just passed by the grey built-up suburbs of Reading, and now, in contrast, we are being treated to vast fields of flourishing yellow rapeseed.

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London: Terror Threat Level Reduced

Posted: 11 February, 2006

As the train leaves the station I take a moment to look at my fellow passengers; I see that they are also uneasy, their eyes dart around the carriage like birds alert for predators.

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A Helicopter in the sky

Posted: 26 May, 2006

I woke up early on Monday morning, and after breakfast I stood in the garden to drink my first cup of coffee of the day.

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Like old friends?

Posted: 22 February, 2006

I have been cycling to work along the same route for about five years, I take the short cut over the Marshes and up into Hackney, East London.

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Amsterdam: a tale of high winds and fear of flying

Posted: 7 October, 2010

The storm has been raging for two days; the autumn leaves that had been lying on the ground like damp confetti are now in flight. They blow around, violent swirling micro-tornadoes.

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The urban traveller

Posted: 22 May, 2007

I have come to the conclusion that urban rail travel produces a different set of behaviours to non-urban travel.

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