Legacy of the corps

The USA’s standing army maintains traditions and remains prepared for the defence of the country in the 21st century

Our next extract from Bradley’s Railway Guide: A Journey Through Two Centuries of British Railway History 1825-2025 takes us to 1948 and a change in railway ownership

Fifty years ago, BR allowed steam to run to Shildon under its own power for the big S&D 150 event. HOWARD JOHNSTON reveals that some invited engines – including National Collection ‘Battle of Britain’ Winston Churchill – didn’t make it.

Drive It Day, the annual classic celebration that marks the anniversary of the One Thousand Mile Trial of 23 April 1900, returned this year on 27 April. The initiative, created by the Federation of Br

John Wade remembers when the shutters finally closed on the British camera industry

The German army is often depicted as an epic, unstoppable machine. There’s no doubt that, at the outbreak of the First World War, it was the most formidably organised military force on the planet – bu