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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 is the best-selling author of On the Slow Train, On the Slow Train Again and Steaming to Victory . He is a journalist, academic and author ¿ writing, blogging and broadcasting on railways and other subjects for many media outlets, including the Independent , the BBC, the Daily Mail , the Daily Telegraph and the New Statesman , as well as the specialist railway press. He is also a travel writer, having covered the world for a variety of publications. He lives with his family in Camden Town, not far from St Pancras ¿ Britain's most splendid railway station. Zusammenfassung Tells the stories of some of the most fascinating lost trains of Britain, vividly evoking the glories of a bygone age. This book includes lines prematurely axed, often with a colourful tale of their own, as well as marvels of locomotive engineering sent to the scrapyard, and grand termini felled by the wrecker's ball. It also includes maps....
