Joe Moran
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Joe Moran joins us to discuss his new paperback, 'On Roads: A Hidden History'. The book presents a history of Britain's roads, showing how a relatively simple road system turned into a maze-like pattern of roundabouts, flyovers, and spaghetti junctions. Revealing numerous quirky nuggets of history along the way on subjects ranging from speed limits and driving on the left, to the to the unwritten laws of traffic jams, Moran uses a unique blend of travel writing, anthropology, history and social observation to explore how Britain's roads have their roots in unexpected places...
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