Christopher Beanland

Jan 14, 2025 | flipboard.com | Christopher Beanland

I've ditched flights for the sleeper train - it's cheaper and easier than hotelsA travel influencer has shared the reason why she has ditched flights for trains, saying that the journey is so much more pleasant when you go by …

Jan 14, 2025 | nationalgeographic.com | Christopher Beanland

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). The joy of the journey and the pleasure of slow travel has mixed with increasing eco-consciousness to set off a new era of train travel. Sleeper trains are slowly catching up with the expansion in high-speed rail, providing intriguing travel opportunities across Europe that mix convenience with scenic and memorable rides on the rails. 1.

Oct 2, 2024 | telegraph.co.uk | Christopher Beanland

Designed by Denys Lasdun, UEA’s architecture was startlingly innovative at the time getty James Graham is right to mourn the loss of the cooling towers at Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station in Nottinghamshire. Graham is one of our most gifted modern playwrights and his choice of words to describe the towers is telling. He calls them “echoing concrete cathedrals” that stand like “giant sentinels on the horizon… kissing the clouds”. Lincoln Cathedral this is clearly not, but these spewing cooling...

Jul 27, 2024 | inews.co.uk | Christopher Beanland |Emma Featherstone

It’s become a bit of a joke to be honest: whenever anyone wants to guess where I am they always quip: “Are you at the Lido again?” They’re usually right. It was a nice little hobby until I wrote a book about lidos, then it got out of control. I had to swim in pools and lakes all over the world. It was a tough job, but someone had to do it.

Apr 6, 2024 | thetimes.co.uk | Christopher Beanland

Trains are like the England football team. Everyone’s got an opinion on them. And like the England football team, they’ve been through some highs and more lows. For harried commuters and grumpy drivers, trains are late, stressful and expensive. For trainspotters and environmentalists, trains are joyous and green, at least when they’re not burning coal on the Severn Valley Railway.