Britain gave railways to the world, yet its own network is the dearest (definitely) and the worst (probably) in Western Europe. Trains are deeply embedded in the national psyche and folklore—yet it is considered uncool to care about them. For Matthew Engel the railway system is the ultimate expression of Britishness. It represents all the nation's ingenuity, incompetence, nostalgia, corruption, humor, capacity for suffering, and even sexual repression. To uncover its mysteries, Engel has traveled the system from Penzance to Thurso, exploring its history and talking to people from politicians to platform staff. Along the way Engel finds the most charmingly bizarre train in Britain, the most beautiful branch line, the rudest railway man, and—after a quest lasting decades—an individual pot of strawberry jam. Eleven Minutes Late is both a polemic and a paean, and it is also very funny.

Eleven Minutes Late: A Train Journey to the Soul of Britain

Engineering & Transportation

Engel, Matthew

Transportation

Macmillan, UK

Pan/Macmillan

Britain gave railways to the world, yet its own network is the dearest (definitely) and the worst (probably) in Western Europe. Trains are deeply embedded in the national psyche and folklore—yet it is considered uncool to care about them. For Matthew Engel the railway system is the ultimate expression of Britishness. It represents all the nation's ingenuity, incompetence, nostalgia, corruption, humor, capacity for suffering, and even sexual repression. To uncover its mysteries, Engel has traveled the system from Penzance to Thurso, exploring its history and talking to people from politicians to platform staff. Along the way Engel finds the most charmingly bizarre train in Britain, the most beautiful branch line, the rudest railway man, and—after a quest lasting decades—an individual pot of strawberry jam. Eleven Minutes Late is both a polemic and a paean, and it is also very funny.

Pan Books

Sportswriter's Eye: Matthew Engel

Sports & Outdoors

Other Team Sports

Macdonald Co.

The Sportspages Almanac 1990: The Complete Sporting Factbook

Morrison, Ian

Reference

SIMON SCHUSTER (TRADE DIVISION)

Eleven Minutes Late

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

Magna Large Print Books

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack

John Wisden & Co Ltd

Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1996 1997 199

Wisden

The first part of Matthew Engel's sweeping social history of modern Britain during the reign of Elizabeth II.\nShe came to the throne in 1952 when Britain had a far-flung empire, sweets were rationed, mums stayed home and kids played on bombsites.\nSeventy years on, everything has changed utterly - except the Queen herself, ageing far more gracefully than the fractious nation over which she so lightly presides.\nHow did we get from there to here in a single reign? To cancel culture, anti-vaxxers and Twitter feeds?\nMatthew Engel tells the story - starting with the years from Churchill to Thatcher - with his own light touch and a wealth of fascinating, forgotten, often funny detail.

The Reign - Life in Elizabeth's Britain: Part I: The Way It Was

History

Europe

ATLANTIC BOOKS *

'A tour de force about post-war Britain which delights and illuminates on every page.' David KynastonThe first part of Matthew Engel's sweeping social history of modern Britain during the reign of Elizabeth II.She came to the throne in 1952 when Britain had a far-flung empire, Winston Churchill was prime minister, sweets were rationed, mums stayed at home and kids played on bombsites. In the seventy years that followed everything changed utterly - except the Queen herself, ageing far more gracefully than the fractious nation with which she became synonymous.While the Queen is the motif for this book, the story Engel tells is not about her - it is primarily about the British. Through original research, interviews with people who were there and his own memories of the time, Matthew Engel traces the transformation of life in Britain as never before.Beginning with the death of King George VI and ending on the eve of Margaret Thatcher's election, Engel not only covers all the major historical events but also explores everyday life - from the food we ate and where we shopped, to what we watched on television and the newspapers we read.

The Way It Was: Life in Elizabeth’s Britain, 1952-1979

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