Andrew Martin
Articles by Andrew Martin
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Books
Blood, Iron and Gold: How the Railways Transformed the World
- 15 October 2009
The British may have invented the railways, but they were soon lagging behind other nations. It’s time we got back on track
Society
Time, gentleman, please
- 16 April 2009
- 2 comments
The British pub used to be the heart of the community and a place of male refuge. Now pubs are closing in their hundreds but the government is doing nothing. Is it really last orders?
Books
Upwardly mobile
- 19 February 2009
From Working-Class Hero to Absolute Disgrace: an Eighties Memoir Stephen Foster Short Books, 256pp, £10.99 Paperboy: a Memoir Christopher Fowler Doubleday, 304pp, £16.99
Travel
Conditions of carriage
- 02 October 2008
Trains are the "mode of the moment". But where's the romance in today's railway journey?
Books
Among the angry
- 31 July 2008
- 2 comments
I Wouldn't Start From Here Andrew Mueller Portobello Books, 480pp, £8.99
Books
All this and WWII
- 19 June 2008
Avro Lancaster Owner's Workshop Manual: an Insight into Owning, Restoring, Servicing and Flying Britain's Legendary World War Two Bomber Jarrod Cotter and Paul Blackah J H Haynes & Co, 160pp, £17.99
Society
Safety first - but not for children
- 24 April 2008
You can't carry a cup of hot coffee on a train, or smoke in a public place - but if you're a teenager you know for a fact you'll be attacked on the street
Books
Musical youth
- 03 April 2008
Gig: the Life and Times of a Rock-Star Fantasist Simon Armitage Viking, 320pp, £16.99
Society
The driver in front has a MSG 4U
- 25 October 2007
A disproportionate number of personalised plates are attached to cars with smoked-glass windows. Well, do the drivers want to be noticed or not?
