A six-day blockade from 28 May to 2 June saw NR [National Rail] straighten the track through the station, facilitating a linespeed increase from 60mph to 85mph over a 4km stretch.

I was exquisitely aware of the irises' bluish purple corolla and the yellow markings like tongues of flame; of the smell of the ginger cake I'd just baked, the cool air, the morning light, the chookish utterances in the backyard.

There was rampant corruption in the city.

Maybe they were toolies!