All flashy shops and gaudy mansions? Think again. Surrey is still Pepys's 'old place of delight'.

I tried to help Andrea, a disorientated stranger at a hectic London station, to the irritation of the state’s representatives

Many in the 1970s predicted the demise of the railway. A new book by Richard Faulkner and Chris Austin tells how the foresight of a select few saved the trains

‘London has been ruined by roadworks. Post-2000, this erstwhile beautiful city has looked like Mogadishu’