Ah, the Northern line. Ask a Londoner, and I bet they have an opinion of it - and we're usually divided into two polar opposite camps. First there's the Northern line bashers; the type of people you see standing on the platform at Kennington on the brink of mental collapse, tube map app in hand as they run between platforms in a desperate...

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This piece was originally published on Frontlist/Backlist 2016 is my 23rd year on the planet. It’s also the fifth anniversary of my Oyster card. I still remember the moment I purchased it at Tottenham Hale Tube station. I was on my way back to Kingston from visiting my boyfriend in his new uni halls, all shaky from our emotional goodbye at the station steps, but high on endorphins...

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