Tom Chesshyre
04 August 2022
Homage to Orwell's Jura
With Nineteen Eighty-Four more relevant than ever, a group of Orwell enthusiasts – in special company – visits the remote house on the Inner Hebridean island of Jura where he wrote his dystopian masterpiece
Read the full article06 January 2022
The Eurostar is back on track
Buffeted by the pandemic, Eurostar faced collapse. With little thanks to the UK government, this link to the continent is revived.
Read the full article09 September 2021
Park Life: 10 of Europe’s greatest green spaces
The pandemic has highlighted the importance of our urban parks. TOM CHESSHYRE, author of a new book on the subject, reports on how European cities are making the most of their green spaces, and celebrates the finest examples
Read the full article27 July 2021
Will Europe's age of the train ever arrive?
Few things could better connect the continent than an affordable, integrated rail system joining up its great cities. As airlines struggle, travel horizons shorten and climate change becomes ever more pressing, if it doesn’t happen now, when will it?
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