He really took a gamble when he left his job to become a writer. But it paid off in the end.

Need some help? She shook her head. “Mm-mm.”

For entirely self-serving reasons, ministers and civil servants never dispelled the public belief that uncaring 'fat cat' privateers or foreign state railways were in control, ramping up fares and creaming off profits which either enriched shareholders or subsidised European rail fares. DfT left train operators to 'take the heat' - which they dutifully did, fearful of speaking up and 'biting the hand that feeds'.

Go zhng 'em laptops.