The Child Madonna (Historical novel, published by Melrose Books, 2009), hardback, £13.99 - all royalties donated to the Railway Children and Consortium for Street Children charities) Set in Galilee and Judea near the end of the first century BC, The Child Madonna is an imaginative take on the story of the Virgin Mary. In my role at Amnesty International, I was faced with many cases concerning the human rights violations of children. Today many girls still suffer from restricted opportunities; especially in the Middle and Near East where honour killing, rape, enforced marriage are still rife and too often they are treated by the male members of their society as criminals rather than victims.  It struck me that the young Mary would have been likely to have suffered similar abuse and ostracism from her society and I researched Judean customs of the period. More Details The Missing Madonna (formerly ‘Rachel’s Children’) I have completed a sequel to ‘The Child Madonna’ covering Herod’s slaughter of the ‘Innocents’ and the flight of the ‘Holy Family’ into Egypt, reflecting on the similarity with today’s tragedies of conflict, civilian massacres and the resultant flights of refugees and asylum seekers. I am seeking a publisher and hoping for publication in 2011. The Enginemen (unpublished novel) A study of two locomotive drivers in the early 1960s facing changes in their work and family situations as steam gives way to diesel traction and the men react in very different ways to this change and their relationships with colleagues.   Based on authentic and detailed railway background of a large London steam locomotive depot.  This novel has been completed in 2010, is currently being revised and will probably be published in 2012. ‘Steam World’ Magazine articles ‘Everyday Life at Old Oak Common’:  serialized monthly from October 2001 to January 2002. The Lord Nelsons - A Memorable Experience?’  April 2006 ‘What we were allowed to do in 1950’: April-May 2009 ‘Living on the Southern 1949-1967’: June-July 2009 ‘Season Ticket’ - six articles August 2009 - January 2010, describing regular journeys behind WR steam 1960-63. Back numbers obtainable from Tower House Publishing Services, Tower House, Sovereign Park, Market Harborough LE16 9EF @ £4 each or text can be e-mailed (without photos) by me in return for a donation to the Railway Children charity (www.railwaychildren.org.uk) ‘Steam Days’ Magazine article ‘Arthurian Travel in the late 1950s’:  July 2004 (www.steamdaysmag.co.uk) or e-mailed text only by me in return for a donation to Railway Children ‘European Railways’ Magazine articles Articles on steam train travel on the SNCF, DB and DR in the period 1955 - 1979, in European Railways editions nos. 160 (SNCF/DB 1955/6), 163 (DB Munich 1959), 166 (DB 1961), 169 (DB 1962), 172 (SNCF 1968), 175 (DB 1972-5), 176 (DR 1979), 177 (DR 1979) and 178 (DR 1979).

Text without photos can be e-mailed to you by me in return for donations to Railway Children.  Back numbers of the magazine, except for issues 160 and 163, can be obtained from the Atlantic Publishers Website, European Railways, Index of Back Issues (www.atlanticpublishers.com) Chapters in ‘New Technologies and Work’ books produced from papers sponsored by the Werner-Reimers-Foundation, Bad Homburg, Germany ‘After the Event - From Accident to Organisational Learning’: Chapter B.1 ‘The Effect of the Accident Inquiry Process Within the Railway Industry’’ and Chapter C.4 ‘Responding to Public Criticism of Safety Management Systems - is the Response Always Effective and Appropriate?’ - Pergamon Press 1997 ‘System Safety - Challenges and Pitfalls of Intervention’: Chapter 13 ‘From ‘Knee Jerk’ Reaction to 10 Year Strategic Safety Plan’ - Pergamon Press 2002. ‘The World of Child Labor : an historical and Regional Survey’ edited by Hugh D. Hindman, Part 1: The World, Section 3 Less Developed Regions of the World: ‘Worst Forms of Child Labor: Street Children and Street Trades (essay) Academic Reference Book published by M.E.Sharpe Inc, USA  ‘Nobody Ever Listened to Me’ (formerly ‘The World of Street Children’): Essays, factual information, case studies and photos of street children co-ordinated and edited from material made available by member organisations of the Consortium for Street Children (www.streetchildren.org.uk)  Estimated completion and publication - in 2011, royalties for the Consortium for Street Children and contributing CSC members. ‘The Other Railway Children’ : Non-fiction book documenting the history of the founding and development of the Railway Children charity. Estimated completion and publication - 2011. Royalties to the ‘Railway Children’. ‘A Railway Life’: Three completed texts of an autobiography seeking publication: 1. A Railway Life (UK) based on my articles for Steam World 2. A Railway Life (Overseas) based on my articles in ‘European Railways’ 3. A Railway Career - my railway interest and professional career from 1940-2010. All these texts are now under consideration by potential publishers. Speaking Engagements I am prepared to give talks to book clubs and do bookshop author book signings in return for either donations to Railway Children  or purchase of copies of ‘The Child Madonna’ whose royalties are for charity.  To request a talk or presence at an event, e-mail Maidmentrail@aol.com.