Camden New Journal

  Belles and Whistles, by Andrew Martin (Profile Books, £15.99) Andrew Martin is clearly not a fan of today’s trains, which he describes as a ”noisy hell of shuddering grey plastic”. This may not be surprising since his fans will know him as the creator of Jim Stringer, the railway detective – hero of his […]

IT may seem odd that someone who makes a living writing about slow travel should be so passionate about the need to build the new high speed line to the north of England. Let me explain. I’ve spent the past two years travelling round the branch lines and byways of the rail system to write