Michael Williams – Page 10 – Railway & Travel writer

Michael Williams:
author & journalist

Michael is a journalist, academic and author – writing, blogging and broadcasting on railways and the media. He is also a travel writer, having covered the world for a variety of publications. Read more…

The Trains
Now Departed

Michael Williams’s most recent book The Trains Now Departed: Sixteen excursions into the lost delights of Britain’s railways is published by Arrow Books. Find out more about Michael’s other books, including ‘On the Slow Train’, ‘On the Slow Train Again’ and ‘Steaming to Victory’.

The Hugh Cudlipp award – titan of the modern media

September 20, 2025

I HAVE been honoured this year to be appointed chair of the 2025 Hugh Cudlipp Award. Cudlipp was one of the titans of modern journalism. Our panel of distinguished media figures have now completed their judging. Although we cannot reveal our verdict until the ceremony on October 22, we can confirm that today’s journalism is very much alive in the finest traditions of the Cudlipp legacy.