The Trains Now Departed – a short history of time on the railways. My lecture this week at the University of Central Lancashire

November 28, 2014

Do join me at the University of Central Lancashire School of Tourism for my talk on how the railways shaped our modern concept of time. And how the philosophy of time and the railways are inextricably entwined. Wednesday December 3 at 12.30pm in Room 350, Greenbank. Pictured below is Brunel’s great clock at Paddington Station

Building.

About The Author

Michael Williams

Michael Williams is the best-selling author of On the Slow Train, On the Slow Train Again, Steaming to Victory and The Trains Now Departed.