Christian Wolmar

Open letter to Norman Baker, minister for cycling, walking, buses, alternatives to travel, etc  Dear Norman It has been remiss of me not to write before now to congratulate you on your new post. It is gratifying to see a Liberal Democrat being given key responsibilities in the Department for Transport, especially as you have always been a supporter of various sensible measures such as rail line reopenings, cutting back on road ...

Open letter to Norman Baker, minister for cycling, walking, buses, alternatives to travel, etc   Dear Norman It has been remiss of me not to write before now to congratulate you on your new post. It is gratifying to see a Liberal Democrat being given key responsibilities in the Department for Transport, especially as you have always been a supporter of various sensible measures such as rail line reopenings, cutting back on road ...

I was at the opening of the exhibition at the London Transport Museum of the effects of the Blitz on Dresden, London and Coventry, and suddenly was slapped hard on the back. 'Long time since I've seen you' said the blond with the more controlled mop. You could not say that about his speech, however. His eyes were staring madly as he told how the Blitz had brought people together, created development ...

Watching Bob Crow in action is an instant history lesson. His way of conducting industrial disputes has more in common with the Everybody Out style of Miriam Karlin in the 1960s sitcom The Rag Trade than with modern-day trade unionism. His latest efforts to stop London moving may, however, prove to be one strike call too many for Britain’s last diehard militant trade union leader. Crow is an unapologetic political ...

I am often rung up by a radio or TV station and asked to comment on some local incident where, according to the reporter, ‘passengers lives have been put at risk’ or there was a ‘shocking incident’. Nearly always these stories are overblown by editors desperate to find something to cover a slow news day and I make my excuses, declining to appear on the programme and hoping that the ...