Andrew Martin

When the journey, not the arrival, mattered

The Trains Now Departed by Michael Williams and Three Men and a Bradshaw by John George Freeman both recall a not-so-distant past when travelling in Britain was a positive pleasure

issue 11 July 2015

  • The Trains Now Departed: Sixteen Excursions into the Lost Delights of Britain’s Railways

    Michael Williams

    Preface, pp. 328

  • Three Men and a Bradshaw: An Original Victorian Travel Journal

    John George Freeman, edited by Ronnie Scott

    Random House, pp. 364

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