Ever since people paid to travel in aircraft, the airlines have worried about how to feed them while they fly. For the first eighty years of air travel the answer was ‘on board catering’; basic for economy, and superior for the first class, and later, business class.  On long haul it was always recognised that […]

The third Heathrow runway would be a mistake of gigantic proportions. I can categorically say that the building of another runway at Heathrow would be about the most stupid and unpleasant political act you could imagine in this day and age.  There was a full Royal Commission in 1968 which completed the most comprehensive study […]

Even though a majority of voters in the London area drive a vehicle, that part of their lives has been ignored by recent policies of London’s Mayors. In fact, London has experienced years of heavy prejudice against the means of transport used by almost everyone. Since 1974, 25% of the streets of London have been […]

From nowhere a caucus opposes the planned Hi Speed 2 railway. Closer assessment dispels these arguments, reinforcing why Britain needs to go ahead with HS2.

A casualty of untrammeled competition foisted on the railway system by a doctrinaire government. This is the story of the Gatwick Express.