My children are convinced that I deliberately take them to the most boring attractions I can find. How else to explain our recent outings to the John Lewis Heritage Centre, for instance, or the Museum of Berkshire Aviation? But the truth is, I am now deeply embedded in what the Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard calls the ethical stage of life. That means I am less interested in Byron than in Brunel. Art has made room for engineering. Which is one reason why I reached for this quirky book about the unsung heroes of that world.
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