Simon Bradley's new book takes us from the train carriage to station signposts, walking the line between nostalgic reminiscence and hard evidence.

On 25 December 1977, 28.5 million people are alleged to have arranged themselves in front of a television to watch The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show on BBC1 – and this was the least Christmassy show in the schedules, with barely a smidgen of

Observations on excavation

If our city really has risen again, why do we need to keep being told so?