THE HARD WORD | Melbourne’s public transport provider should take a leaf out of Transport for London’s book and invest more money in improving their service, rather than employing bully-boys to roam the city’s trains and trams looking for a fight.

GO HARD OR GO HOME: Over Easter I embarked on my first ever ride on the god of rail, the Eurostar. Being able to simply jump on a train, go under water and pop up in a different country is something I, like many Aussie expats, find mind-blowing.