Category Archives: hilarious

A proper blog post 2, mostly trains

Posted on October 16, 2018 by jonathan trustram

News from the mainline, whilst waiting for the local train. A few weeks ago you saw trains which said LNER at the front and VIRGIN at the back. Now they’ve almost completed the paint job. But cleverly they’ve kept Beardie’s … Continue reading →

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a proper blog post

Posted on September 30, 2018 by jonathan trustram

A PROPER BLOG I said to myself, Titchmarsh, you fucking prat, for he had landed on the mat with his neatly swept back hair and complacent smile, arms folded, with words from SunLife we are meant to imagine him saying: … Continue reading →

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a story from the mountains, without flowers

Posted on November 21, 2017 by jonathan trustram

This is a story which I have often thought about writing but have never known how to, without making it a boring muddle, because it involves curiously mistaken identities which confused the people involved and still confuses the narrative. I … Continue reading →

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searching for vibrant, august 2017

Posted on August 23, 2017 by jonathan trustram

(and isn’t it infuriating how they keep turning adjectives into pretentious nouns?) I wrote about my search for the epic, vibrant South Bank here: new outrage in SE1. I’ve been there a few times since, always hopeful. The mix of heritage … Continue reading →

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Icons in SE1

Posted on June 29, 2017 by jonathan trustram

David ‘Born to Dare’ Beckham is currently appearing, in rotation with various “punks” for Brewdog, on a monument, a stainless steel hoarding near the Imax roundabout in Waterloo which serves to block off the view of the National Theatre, those … Continue reading →

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A letter to Virgin Trains

Posted on June 12, 2016 by jonathan trustram

This is a letter I’m planning to send to Virgin Trains. Would that be a good idea?  Every word is true, except the statement that I nearly wet myself on the way to the toilet. One little embellishment I allowed … Continue reading →

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London Wall Place

Posted on January 17, 2016 by jonathan trustram

See what it says on the hoarding? BEYOND BUSINESS.  What could it be? A cathedral? World’s biggest boozer? A brothel? I’ll let you know in due course.

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Virgin

Posted on January 17, 2016 by jonathan trustram

Recently I came back to London from Stockport on the train, a Penguilino, geddit? – specially decorated for Christmas by a little girl who won the competition. Family fun is one aspect of Virgin’s presentation. More solemn is the locomotive … Continue reading →

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in the garden, blue tits

Posted on December 8, 2015 by jonathan trustram

As part of a project to stop my brain from turning into a stony mush I have just calculated that in the last nine months the birds in the garden have consumed a quantity of sunflower seeds equal to the … Continue reading →

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mouse

Posted on November 30, 2014 by jonathan trustram

When I walked into the kitchen last night and turned the light on I surprised a mouse on its usual path. They like to run along the back edge of the work surface, close to the wall, round the back … Continue reading →

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