From rapidly evolving roles to new technologies, historian and airpower expert John Curatola discusses how fighter planes shaped the Second World War

Our historian Keith looks back 58 years to the tale of an intrepid sea angler who targeted big sharks from the shore

Britain’s neglect of its maritime heritage has led to shuttered shipyards, ailing fishing fleets and impoverished coastal towns

Fulfilling his dream, our writer takes the controls of a Spitfire, Britain’s most iconic aircraft, which first took to the skies nearly 90 years ago

David Ross takes delivery of Europe’s first Schaefer V44

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