Book description
This beautifully-packaged book will take the reader on the slow train
to another era when travel meant more than hurrying from one place to
the next, the journey meaning nothing but time lost in crowded
carriages, condemned by broken timetables. On the Slow Train
will reconnect with that long-missed need to lift our heads from the
daily grind and reflect that there are still places in Britain where
we can stop and stare. It will tap into many things: a love of
railways, a love of history, a love of nostalgia.
This book will be a paean to another age before milk churns, porters
and cats on seats were replaced by security announcements and Burger
King. These 12 spectacular journeys will help free us from what
Baudelaire denounced as 'the horrible burden of time.'
Updated for the paperback.
Michael Williams writes widely on railways for many publications,
including the
Daily Mail
,
The Independent
, the
Independent on Sunday
, the
New Statesman
,
The Oldie
and the railway specialist press. He is a veteran Fleet Street
journalist, having held many senior positions, including Deputy Editor
of the
Independent on Sunday
, Executive Editor of the
Independent
and Head of News at
The Sunday Times
. He is currently Senior Lecturer in the School of Journalism, Media and
Communication at the University of Central Lancashire. He commutes
regularly by train on the 440-mile return journey between his home in
London's Camden Town and his office at Preston in Lancashire.
