A while back I was told of a fantastic sounding tree in a church yard next to the railway lines coming out of St. Pancras station. When the railway was being built it was necessary to move a large number of graves that were in the way of the new line. The Bishop of London [...]
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Tube map troubles in Time Out
28Mar06Geoff has found a friend in Time Out magazine this week who published the following story about his legal hassles with Transport for London. If you’re not familiar with the story, see previously. The Register also posted a followup with the desperately spineless Claranet who were incapable of discerning barratry from genuine legal complaint in [...]
Geoff’s a guy I worked with at the BBC during my short stint working for BBC News Online. Others know him best because he holds the world record for visiting all the London Underground’s stations in the shortest possible time. He’s since attempted to beat the record with others for charity including colleagues at my [...]
Eating the City
19Feb06Last week I had an opportunity to see the early stages of Sung Dong’s art installation in Selfridges department store. From last week, he’s been building a city out of biscuits on the lower ground floor. When I went last week, it had barely begun to take shape but today I went back to see [...]
