War is no excuse for poor service
Published by The Mail on Sunday (December 11th, 2022) The arrival of the first Ukrainian train in Kherson last month,... Read Full Article
A symbol of corrosive failure
Published by The i paper (11th February, 2019) Flying home on Saturday night from Denmark after reporting on another European... Read Full Article
Whoops – there go the railways, says Westminster’s answer to Mr Bean
Published by The Guardian (20th September, 2018) Imagine you were running a business and one of your senior managers left... Read Full Article
Senseless fines driving rail passengers round the bend
Published by The Times (2nd November, 2017) I went to Hull and back earlier this month. My trip was for... Read Full Article
The profit motive can protect the public
Published by The Daily Telegraph (20th June, 2017) A few years back I boarded a flight from Djibouti to Somaliland.... Read Full Article
The fat city that declared war on obesity
Published by Mosaic (13th October, 2015) & The Atlantic (14th October, 2015) When Velveth Monterroso arrived in the USA from her... Read Full Article
Forget the nostalgia for British Rail – our trains are better than ever
Published in The Guardian (August 16th, 2013) There is a weary predictability to the political choreography. Once again, it’s revealed,... Read Full Article