Leaves on the Line

Buch | Hardcover

208 Seiten

2012
Aurum (Verlag)
978-1-84513-776-2 (ISBN)

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Whether it's leaves on the line or the wrong kind of snow, whether the extortionately priced, or the militancy of the rail unions that seem to be endlessly on strike over nothing, everyone in Britain has an opinion about our railways.

Whether it's leaves on the line or the wrong kind of snow, whether the extortionately priced, curled-up sandwich on sale in the buffet car, or the militancy of the rail unions that seem to be endlessly on strike over nothing, everyone in Britain has an opinion about our railways. After the weather, they are probably the country's most reliable talking point. With Telegraph readers being the trenchant, choleric and waggish letter-writers that they are, our railways have always figured high on the list of subjects requiring a missive to the Editor. Now, in this fascinating and hilarious selection, Gavin Fuller has put together the best letters on trains to the paper over the years. Here is the end of Steam and the start of Eurostar; the punctuality of Swiss trains and the signal failures of ours; the laments for the branch lines lost under the Beeching cuts, and also for the much-missed peace and quiet of a railway carriage, replaced by the menace of personal stereos and fellow passengers booming, 'I'm On The Train!' into their mobile phones.

GAVIN FULLER is head of the Telegraph library, responsible for maintaining that newspaper's archive. He is also a former Mastermind champion and the editor of Leaves on the Line, a collection of readers' letters to the Telegraph on trains and train journeys.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	14.5.2012
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 197 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga
Themenwelt	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schienenfahrzeuge
ISBN-10	1-84513-776-0 / 1845137760
ISBN-13	978-1-84513-776-2 / 9781845137762
Zustand	Neuware