Magical machines

When COUNTRY LIFE’s Henry Avray Tipping spotted a 17th-century four poster languishing in a Herefordshire attic in 1911, he set off a chain of events that saw the bed leave its ancestral home and land at The Met in New York

The City of Lights glitters with countless famous destinations, but with just two days to spend in Paris, I decided to explore some of the smaller, specialised museums – an adventure that whisked me b

Dear Simon, My daughter, Wendy, and I have enjoyed so many visits to Singapore, and this year we felt it was about time we put our thoughts and experiences down on paper. Sir Stamford Raffles was knig

When we are asked who invented the railways, we can confidently say we did – Britain. But precisely who was involved and how it all developed is a long story. By the end of the 18th century, the Indus

THERE’S A POWERFUL symmetry between car engines and watch movements. Zenith’s El Primero with its 36,000 vibrations per hour (5Hz) beat rate is the Watchworld equivalent of the Type 26 Elan’s 1558cc t

Producing a large-format and premium-priced book about a single car is never an easy task, however meritorious the subject. Porter Press has plenty of experience with this genre, however, and the team