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Time to ban toilet paper
What is the most disgusting thing you did today? The most likely answer is that you...
Review: Early Victorian Excursions
Early Victorian Excursions, the million go forth, by Susan Major Pen & I love books that...
Book review: The English Railway Station
The English Railway Station Steve Parissien English Heritage £25 Railway books tend to fall into...
What is a hybrid bill?
A hybrid bill is a Parliamentary procedure to pass legislation that affects both private and public...-
How to take the longest journey in the world
There are lots of choices to make before taking the Transsiberian, the world’s longest railway which... -
Standing for mayor
It all started with a text message, as many things do these days. During the last... 
Beeching book reviews
Charles Loft, Last Trains, Dr Beeching and the Death of Rural England, Biteback Publishing, £20; Richard...
Indian Hill Railways DVD review
BBC DVD 180 mins, three 60 minute films £19 99 (£7 from bbc shop online) It’s...
What are Zil lanes?
If you live in London, a little bit of Soviet Russia will be coming down your...
Book review: Sown with corn
Frank Binder, Sown with Corn, Farthings Publishing, £12 99, 412 pages Christian Wolmar We all know...
The longest little railway
Porthmadog on the North Wales Coast is about to achieve a world first, having no fewer...-
Review: On the slow train
Michael Williams, On the Slow Train, twelve Great British railway journeys, Preface Publishing, £14 99. Britain’s... 
Book review: Eleven minutes late
Matthew Engel, Eleven minutes late, Macmillan, £14 99, 324pp Matthew Engel is in despair. But it’s...
DVD Review: They used to build Tube lines
Underground, a two set DVD, Yesterday’s Britain’s No 41, Beulah, £24 95. They used to build...
