TRAVEL

The London Underground is not the name of a lost British punk band from the ’80s. But given the regular bursts of indignant rage it causes among its users (Tube drivers’ strike, anyone?), not to mention the discordant cacaphony made by its rattling trains that moan through the tunnels and the garbled vocals, sorry, I mean station announcements, it could be a thrash metal band.

In this soundscape, Paul Ash heads underground to one of London’s greatest cultural attractions — the “Tube“.

Listen to the story on the Sunday Times Travel podcast at timeslive.co.za/group/ Travel—Podcast.