Network Rail is to axe hundreds of middle and senior managers' jobs over the next few weeks in a bid to save up to £30 million a year. The rail infrastructure company said between 600 and 700 ...

Why do we like things that are apparently so bad for us? Simon Evans runs the numbers. "I like a drink as much as the next man... about 11.6 litres of pure alcohol per year..." "I like a drink as ...

The feared 'Euston rush' is to come to an end to the relief of traumatised commuters in a Network Rail trial letting passengers on platforms up to 20 minutes earlier. Passengers at the station ...

Births, deaths and marriages, and what might quaintly be called 'the coming of age'. For many years, the outwardly respectable posted small notices in the best newspaper they could afford to mark ...

Rails in Essex dating back to the late 1960s are set to be replaced this autumn. Track stretching more than 3,800 metres, ...

He says he’s confident he can. This week on The Fin podcast, Simon Evans and Myriam Robin on Sanjeev Gupta’s flashy property purchase, his financial troubles and the SA town caught in the middle.

From the host of Radio 4’s Simon Evans Goes to Market, comes this humorous, even mischievous celebration of the friendship at the heart of the Scottish Enlightenment, and a wider examination of its ...

Here's everything published by this contributor on musicOMH. Simon Evans was the rock and pop correspondent of The Birmingham Post for eight years before taking up the post of music editor and books ...

Does for politics, religion and philosophy what Simon Evans Goes to Market (BBC Radio 4) did for economics – makes it fresh, compelling and funny. From Gnosticism to Nihilism... come and enjoy an hour ...

A simple way to weather-proof your poppy and never lose it again ...

In Series 2 Simon looked at four 'Bads' - coffee, alcohol, tobacco and sugar. Addictive, stress inducing, even deadly - but a big part of our daily life that we just can't do without. Simon looked at ...