0 October 30, 2020Spectator review of Cathedrals of SteamBy Julian Glover I began this book waiting for a diesel train to Derby, under the...
0 October 3, 2020Signal box battlePetersfield signal box is in the wrong place. Or at least it is now. Actually, when...
0 February 18, 2019Book review: Monisha Rajesh, Around the world in 80 trainsMonisha Rajesh wrote lovingly about the Indian railways in her previous book but this set her...
2 September 1, 2018The great train wreckA couple of weeks ago I met David Grime and Alan Noble, members of the Lakes...
5 July 5, 2018Doubts over driverless cars in the lion’s denI was worried that going to the autonomous vehicle exhibition in Stuttgart would be rather like...
4 January 8, 2018The big Spectator driverless car debateMy debate with car enthusiast and advertising man Rory Sutherland Wolmar: Let’s face it: we’re talking about...
3 October 3, 2017Review: Britain’s best 100 railway stations by Simon JenkinsStations, according to Simon Jenkins, are the forgotten part of the railway experience. People love the...
3 March 13, 2017Book review: Night Trains by Andrew Martin Night Trains, the Rise and Fall of the Sleeper by Andrew Martin, Profile Books, £14...
2 September 15, 2015Review of Simon Bradley’s The Railways, Nation, Network and PeopleSimon Bradley dates the demise of the on-board meal service to 1962, when Pullman services no...