{"id":114107,"date":"2023-10-17T20:20:15","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T19:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/?page_id=114107"},"modified":"2026-06-17T09:08:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T08:08:32","slug":"george-berger-column","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/george-berger-column\/","title":{"rendered":"George Berger Column"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Being the first in a series of psychogeographical memories of the trainline that took me from nowhere & nothing to somewhere and \u2026something. Or other.<\/p>

Yes, other. I came straight\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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In some ways, this article is an attempt to record the fact that this book exists, that I exist. Or existed if you\u2019re reading this some time in the future.\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Being the second in a series of psychogeographical memories of the trainline that took me from nowhere & nothing to somewhere and \u2026something. Or other.<\/p>

Yes, other. I came straight\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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My, how we clung onto Bowie. He knew. He was always on our side. Back at the age where it was all about sides. Every alienated kid who felt weird\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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As the trainline left Petts Wood, something happened. A fork. The Victoria line I\u2019m writing about here headed off to Bromley whilst the London Bridge line sped on to Chislehurst.\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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It’s surely a failure of town planning to leave a sprawl of suburb with no redeeming features whatsoever. It\u2019s not even bad, just featureless. A face without eyes, nose or\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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When I was young & innocent, my first window into the world was the Roberts transistor radio. Learning language was closely followed by hearing song lyrics. Words that swept me\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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And then, finally, I have a vision that changes everything. A vision of my father as a frightened little boy, one who had a far tougher upbringing than I did,\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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I\u2019ve not written an introduction to any of the other chapters in this journey, but I fear that without one here, I might never get through it. Because this is\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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This is Dulwich College: a private school and semi-official groomers to the future inhabitants of the corridors of power. And Nigel Farage. I finished the previous chapter with my old\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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The protestant work ethic is hideously outdated these days, despite the reluctance of reactionaries on both the right and left to come to terms with this reality. I like to\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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In hindsight it\u2019s clumsy, hopelessly over-romantic and not a little squirmy. But Brixton in the early 80s held the ultimate trump card for me. Whatever its faults, Brixton was always\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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I\u2019ve felt pride and shame, and also felt incredibly small when considering how many other people could \u2014 and should \u2014 write completely different stories with the same chapter titles.\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Bromley hasn\u2019t changed. Petts Wood has got worse, if anything. Reform are hovering on the edge of winning the next election and here\u2019s the human and vibrational evidence, in two\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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I want to start by saying something that will make you read the rest of this column, so let me say this:<\/p>

Joanna Rosenfeld is the most intense, brave and\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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