As a writer for a business magazine, my mind can't help but be puzzled by how the economy of the Island of Sodor actually functions. It seems to me to be dreadfully inefficient, and for the life ...

Thomas the Tank Engine harks back to the age of steam Thomas the Tank Engine creator WV Awdry, born 100 years ago, set his railway engine stories in a sort of British Atlantis called Sodor.

In contrast to the usual centres of culture and learning, Oxford has been twinned with the home of Thomas the Tank Engine – the Island of Sodor. The accolade is in recognition of the city’s ...

Thomas the Tank Engine creator WV Awdry, born 100 years ago, set his railway engine stories in a sort of British Atlantis called Sodor. But where is it? In Sodor they are celebrating, according to ...