Station 2 Station

Sol's choice of train journey is from Pretoria to Dar Es Salaam. Sol Campbell is the ex-England international footballer who played for his country 73 times and ‘is the only player to have represented England in six consecutive major tournaments. Campbell began his professional career with Tottenham Hotspur and then, in a contentious transfer, moved to their North London neighbours. His time at Arsenal proved successful. He won two Premier Leagues and two FA Cups, which included the league and FA Cup double. He was part of the team known as The Invincibles for their undefeated 2003–04 Premier League season. From Arsenal, he joined Portsmouth and captained them to victory in the 2008 FA Cup Final. He has constantly remained something of an enigma and feels deeply misunderstood by the majority who know him by name.

Jose Antonio Suarez Londoño is one of Columbia's most celebrated living artists and someone who rarely gives interviews. At the core of his creative process are a notepad, a marker and a book His work has become a recording of his readings and daily occupations – a graphic autobiography. Despite his isolation ( he has no phone nor a computer, } his figurative drawings are everything you'd want them to be - delicacy, light and foresaw the work of a generation of Colombian artists.

Nicky Chinn: Our passenger today is Nicky Chinn, the English songwriter whose songs with Mike Chapman dominated the charts in the 1970s and early 1980s. The duo with producer Micky Most created the Glam Rock sound that shaped a generation. They wrote hits such as Sweet's Blockbuster!" "The Ballroom Blitz", Teenager Rampage. Suzi Quatro's, ‘ Can the Can”, and "Devil Gate Drive”. And Mud's Tiger Feet" and "Lonely This Christmas”.    In recent years, Nicky has been very open in his battle with depression, which, in his words, is now more appropriately referred to as bipolar disorder.  He has said that being bipolar is a privilege which made him who he is. “ The only people who understand it are those who suffer from it. The best I could hope for was acceptance...'

Fatima Bhutto is a writer of five books, an activist and a campaigner. She is the daughter of the assassinated politician Ghulam Murtaza Bhutto, the granddaughter of the former president and Prime Minister, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. and the niece of the assassinated Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. In her book Songs of Blood and Sword, she gives a rare discernment into the violent world of Pakistan Politics and writes about her search for the truth behind her father's life and his murder.  In the introduction to her Twitter feed, she quotes Nabokov: 'My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music.