Mike Esbester
Dr
Mike Esbester is principal lecturer in history at the University of Portsmouth and co-lead of the Railway Work, Life & Death project.
Recent articles by Mike Esbester
The birth of Britain's railways 200 years on
To mark the 200th anniversary of Britain's railways, we look at the experiences of our ancestors who worked and travelled on the railway
"I heard the sound of the train": The perilous lives of Britain's railway workers
Historian Mike Esbester explains the high rates of injury and death among British railway workers in the 19th and early 20th centuries