Simon Bradley

Simon Bradley was born in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1965.  Several moves from north to south and back again as he was growing up nurtured a fascination with the differences between places. After study at Oxford and the Courtauld Institute of Art, he has taken these interests further as joint editor of the celebrated Pevsner Architectural Guides, to which he has contributed the revised volumes on Cambridgeshire, Oxford and south east Oxfordshire, Westminster, and the City of London. He has also written for the TLS, the London Review of Books, the Spectator, the Guardian, the Evening Standard, and Architectural History.

His  interest in railways began with trainspotting aged eleven, and has broadened and endured in parallel. His latest book is Bradley's Railway Guide: A Journey Through Two Centuries of British Railway History, 1825-2025 (a Sunday Times book of the week). The Railways: Nation, Network and People, exploring the history and character of Britain's railways in breadth, was Sunday Times History Book of the Year in 2015 and was shortlisted for the Longman History Prize. 

St Pancras Station brings together railways, architecture and social history in 'an eloquent, well-illustrated love letter to one of London's most instantly recognisable landmarks' (London Review of Books). 

Simon Bradley is married, and lives in London.

Bibliography

St Pancras Station (Profile, 2011)

The Railways: Nation, Network and People (Profile, 2015)

Bradley's Railway Guide: A Journey Through Two Centuries of British Railway History, 1825-2025 (Profile, 2024)