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Trans-Europe express: part two

IN RETROSPECT we were doomed from the start. For some reason we’d booked ourselves into two different compartments, or couchettes as we tried earnestly to remember to call them. But rather than… more →

A railway runs through it

Trans-Europe express: part two — 1 comment

Ian Jones wrote 1 year ago: IN RETROSPECT we were doomed from the start. For some reason we’d booked ourselves into two di … more →

Tags: My Back Pages, small print, Stiff Upper Lips, A loss of dignity, Feeling like I'm taking part in a BBC sketch comedy ser, Very British expressions of rage, European integration - by rail!, This isn't the reason we fought in the second world war, European disintegration - by rail!

The Boos, sadly: 10 June 1995

Ian Jones wrote 1 year ago: IT WAS TOWARDS THE END OF my first year at university, and the end of The Boo Radleys’ first a … more →

Tags: My Back Pages, Liverpool, A loss of dignity, Very British expressions of rage, Warrington, the boo radleys, The wrong kind of audience

North Wales Rover — 2 comments

Ian Jones wrote 2 years ago: IN ALL THE YEARS I lived in Liverpool, I must have only visited Wales about half a dozen times. Poss … more →

Tags: Rangers and rovers, Arriva Trains Wales, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Chester, Chips and beans, Foul-mouthed old-timers, Holyhead, Liverpool, Merseyrail

North West Rover: day 3

Ian Jones wrote 2 years ago: I WANTED TO TRAVEL ALONG the Settle-Carlisle line today. It’s quite properly often referred to … more →

Tags: Rangers and rovers, northern skies, Overheard Mutterings, Racist crones, The sound of silence, Moving Pictures, Me talking to you on camera - you have been warned, A busker, Something approaching beauty


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