Bowler tip to Michael Kerr's blog over at the Telegraph for this...
In his wonderful new book about the relationship between the British and their railways - which he sums up as "a kind of exquisite torment" - Matthew Engel has a swipe at automatic ticket barriers, "an innovation neighbouring countries have managed to avoid, and one which slows up further the process of getting on a train".
Is no one brave enough to stand up for these awful machines?
