I've been travelling by train (GNER: Darlington - KingsX) back and forth to london very regularly over the past couple of months, pretty much every week. I've met some interesting people, including a Catholic Priest (who studied with monks), a child psychiatrist (heading to York Uni to give a lecture), and most recently a real live professor with a big beard (Hi Roy).
We had an intersting chat, he works on government statistics for the health and education departments. He published this book Consumption, Jobs and the Environment: A Fourth Way? (Global Issues)