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Publication dates

Here are the pages that are still incomplete and redirect to this page, and their anticipated publication dates. These dates are, of course, subject to change and are only here as a rough guide.

Publication dates have all been pushed back by about 18 months because of restrictions on access to archive facilities during the pandemic. As a result, the finish date for the last of the pages, previously estimated at mid 2021, is now some time in 2023.

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London with the Ringways
Driving the Ringways
2023

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The road that made no sense

It was the UK's only single-carriageway motorway, and twenty years ago it ceased to exist. This is the story of the strange fascination it held, and of my place in history.

The forever bottleneck, part 2

The second part of the story, where we learn why exactly the M4 gets narrower on the final approach to Europe’s biggest city.

The forever bottleneck, part 1

The M4 into London was one of the UK's earliest and most ambitious motorway projects. It was bold, pioneering... and almost instantly regretted.

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The Improbable A39

It crosses cattle grids and untamed moorland, it climbs 1-in-4 hills and plummets through hairpin bends, it runs single-track through woodland and historic villages. It's rugged and beautiful. Is it really the A39?

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