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Welcome to the website of Mark Chatterton - writer, author, broadcaster. As of 2025 Mark has written twenty-one books, including books on Music, British Transport, Education and Mind, Body & Spirit. He has also written numerous sleeve notes for several muscial artists as well as contributed articles on popular music to various magazines including Q, Classic Rock and Record Collector. He has also had over thirty different educational titles published for the home learning market. In recent years he has started to write about Britain's transport system including roads and railways, having written eight books so far, plus having articles published in Railway Magazine, Traction and Railways Illustrated. As a football fan he completed the achievement of attending a football match all 92 English and Welsh football league clubs in 2011. He also has a keen interest in the world of the unexplained and metaphysical subjects and has interviewed several  authors for the website The Spirit Guides. He also has a You Tube blog channel on rock music - Mark Chatterton's Rock Files, and regularly writes a blog about his railway travels around Britain by train on his website - Branchline Britain.  he also has a You Tube channel where he interviews people with an unsual story to tell. Mark Chatterton's Look at Life. He has been interviewed several times on both BBC Radio and TV.

Please feel free to browse the website, which gives information on the various parts that make up Mark Chatterton.

I am available for interviews, podcasts, talks. lectures, workshop,etc. I can talk on sevceral subjects including writing and publishing; transport subjects including railway, motorways and bridges; music - especially the 60's and 70's; and mind, body and spirit subjects. Please contact me via the link above if you are interested. 

HERE IS THE INTERVIEW I DID ON BBC RADIO ESSEX ABOUT MY SAYINGS BOOK WITH SONIA WATSON.

PRESS ON THE LINK BELOW OR PRESS ON THE BOOK COVER TO BE TAKEN TO MY YOU TUBE CHANNEL

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf0C4Tqk6F4&t=6s

MY LATEST BOOK TO BE PUBLISHED IS "THE ULTIMATE BOOK OF ENGLISH SAYINGS, PHRASES AND IDIOMS - OVER 5000 ENTRIES WITH THEIR MEANINGS". IT IS OVER 400 PAGES LONG WITH ALL SORTS OF SAYINGS AND THEIR MEANINGS FROM "IT'S EARLY DAYS YET" AND "PUT THE MOCKERS ON IT" THROUGH TO "SECOND GUESS" AND "WHISTLE STOP TOUR".

IT IS AVAILABLE FROM BOTH HADLEIGH BOOKS AND AMAZON.

MY LAST BOOK TO BE PUBLISHED IS - "BRITAIN'S COASTAL ROAD BRIDGES" - IT LOOKS AT 100 DIFFERENT ROAD BRIDGES FOUND ON OR NEAR THE COAST OF GREAT BRITAIN.  FOR MORE DETAILS AND TO BUY THE BOOK PRESS ON THE COVER

Here is part 2 of a talk I gave to coincide with the book launch of "Human Being" in April 2024. Press the under the picture to be taken to the video of the talk.

 (8) Mark Chatterton Human Being Presentation Part 2 - YouTube

Here is part 1 of a talk I gave to coincide with the book launch of "Human Being" in April 2024. Press the under the picture to be taken to the video of the talk.

 Mark Chatterton Human Being Presentation Part 1 - YouTube

MY LATEST BOOK, "HUMAN BEING" HAS RECENTLY BEEN PUBLISHED.

It is avaiable from both Amazon and www.hadleighbooks.co.uk

PRESS ON COVER FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO BUY THE BOOK 

MY LATEST TRANSPORT BOOK, BRITAIN'S MOTORWAYS IS NOW AVAILABLE. TO ORDER A COPY PRESS ON THE COVER

MY NEW BOOK "MEDITATION: A PRACTICAL GUIDE" IS NOW AVAILABLE - IT CONTAINS DETAILS ABOUT ALL THE VARIOUS TYPES OF MEDITATION, HOW MEDITATION IS BENEFICIAL TO YOU, HOW YOU CAN LEARN TO MEDITATE, THE BENEFITS OF MEDITATION AND MEDITATION EXERCISES TO DO.  FOR MORE DETAILS PRESS ON THE COVER.

PUBLISHED IN DECEMBER 2020 IS MY BOOK ON BRITAIN'S ROAD TUNNELS, PUBLISHED BY AMBERLEY PUBLISHING. IT GIVES DETAILS OF ALL BRITAIN'S ROAD TUNNELS WITH LOTS OF COLOUR  PHOTOGRAPHS AND INFORMATION ON EACH TUNNEL. FOR MORE DETAILS AND TO BUY THE BOOK PRESS ON THE BOOK PICTURE.

LATEST NEWS - My other books on transport in Britain can bee seen below and can be ordered direct from the Hadleigh Books website or from Amazon.

MY CURRENT FAVOURITE SAYING.............. "THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE”

LATEST NEWS

I have two different books which are both due for publication in 2025. These are:-

THE ULTIMATE BOOK OF ENGLISH SAYINGS, PHRASES AND IDIOMS  which was  published by Hadleigh Books in January 2025.  

BRITAIN'S INLAND ROAD BRIDGES which looks at 100 different road bridges found inside Great Britain. Due to be published by Amberley Books in autumn 2025