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Arcane Symbology 101: Transport Edition
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— 2 Nov 2009 Hazel 15 comments

For awhile now, I’ve been confused by TFL telling me to get on the Circle line from Shepherds Bush Market station. “Oh dear TFL,” I thought, “you’ve gone mad.” Indulgently, I ignored this phenomenon until yesterday[…]

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Three Films About Tokyo: 3: The Ramen Girl
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— 2 Nov 2009 Pete Baran 4 comments

I was in Tokyo in 2002 for a week. I left the day before the World Cup started. If there was ever a point that Japan was geared up to deal with foreigner visitors, it was that week. And whilst the script was incomprehensible to me, and I spoke about […]

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