All articles by James Cooray Smith
James Cooray Smith
10 fictional Tube stations from TV and film
It isn’t clear why TV and film producers feel the need to create fictional Tube stations, but here are 10 of the most interesting.
There isn’t a war on the motorist. We should start one
When should you use the horn on a car? It’s not, and anyone who has been on a road in…
“It’s not a life saver, but it is a brain saver”: in praise of parent & baby cinema screenings
A problem faced by new parents, particularly stay-at-home primary carers, is that it’s not merely possible, but actually highly likely,…
The media scumbag’s route of choice: A personal history of London’s C2 bus
London’s C2 bus route, which runs from Parliament Hill, by Hampstead Heath, down to Conduit Street, just off Regent Street,…
Here are over 2,500 words on the role London’s tube has played in TV’s Doctor Who
That Doctor Who has often been set in London has been noted elsewhere on these pages. The frequency of the…
British television once sounded like Britain. But then, the ITV mergers happened
This summer, several ITV franchises celebrated half a century of continuous operation. There was a Yorkshire Television themed cake, and…
Shaun Bailey will be mayor of London. Here’s why
Shaun Bailey’s campaign for the London mayoralty has not, most commentators agree, got off to a flying start. Groups he…
Here’s why a statue of confederate president Jefferson Davis still stands in Washington DC today
Some of the organisers of recent Far Right actions in Charlottesville, Virginia, have claimed that their public display of flames…
“You English, you always think you know everything”: on Brussels and Brexit
I didn’t visit Brussels the week after the Prime Minister sent her Article 50 notification to Donald Tusk in order…
The Tube Chat badges show that London isn't rude: it has a negative politeness culture
This week, someone has started handing out badges on the tube. These badges – white, bearing a London Underground logo…