Glitterditch: “tube”

Directionless rants

Not quite a piss-up in a brewery

In a move that is as surprising as sunrise and inevitable as gravity, some people have decided to hold a protest against the booze ban. Glitterditch enjoys a good piss-up as much as the next ASBO-grabbing alkie, but we're thinking that this idea is pretty ridiculous. We've already made… read more…
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Beyond The Realms Of Sanity

Exsqueeze Me!

For those of you well versed in the sweaty, confined ways of London tube travel, this video clip from The Metro of Japanese commuters being pushed onto the train will make your eyes water. We've seen Tasheki's Castle. We know they're a bit bonkers. But when we saw this… read more…
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Enough. Go away now please.

Bring on the booze ban

Whilst I'm no big fan of fascism, and am generally of the opinion that people should be free to do whatever they choose, so long as it doesn't hurt anyone else, I don't have a big problem with the ban of alcohol consumption on public transport. In fact, to expand… read more…
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Musical musings

Let's keep our friend electric

Is nothing sacred nowadays? After playing host to genre shattering bands such as The Smiths, Joy Division, Sex Pistols, Oasis, Public Enemy and a whole slew of others too numerous to mention, rumours are yet again abound that the powers that be wish to close down Camden's wonderous Electric Ballroom.… read more…
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Book Today.

Can you flirt on the Tube?

Eldred Rogers, author of 'Train Diaries' certainly thinks it's possible. Talking to ITV, in one of those 'quirky' local news items that often sets Glitterditch's teeth on edge, the debut novelist discussed his theories on how to find love when crammed into the Underground. Interestingly, he believes that the Tube… read more…
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A Sense of London

Strike's off, and we're sad

Surely we are not alone in being disappointed by the news that the planned tube strike - which was meant to commence on Sunday - has been cancelled?… read more…
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Have we got news for you?

It must have been a slow news weekend

Because most of the papers seem to be devoting an awful lot of space to this gruesome tale of Nicholas Moseley's horrifying sexual proclivities. Let's move on to the real news, shall we?… read more…
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