Mehr lesen
Informationen zum Autor 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. Michael is a journalist and academic – writing, broadcasting and blogging on transport, society, the media and other issues of the day for the national media and many other outlets, including the Independent , the Independent on Sunday, the BBC, the Daily Mail , the Daily Telegraph, the Guardian the New Statesman, the Tablet , the History Channel, as well as the specialist and business press. Michael is also a leading travel writer, reporting on journeys around the world for a variety of publications. In his academic role, he is co-editor and author of the book The Future of Quality News Journalism. Formerly, he was deputy editor of the Independent on Sunday, executive editor of The Independent and head of news and features at the Sunday Times . Previously he was a member of the home news staff of The Times in London. In addition, Michael Williams is chairman of the Springdene Care Homes group in London and external examiner in the School of Media and Communication at Goldsmiths University, London. He lives with his family in Camden Town, London.. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. It will tap into many things: a love of railways, a love of history, a love of nostalgia....
