When railway folk and folk music connect

The BBC Proms changed the face of classical music when ‘the people’s festival’ was launched in 1895. The perennially popular event features some of the nation’s favourite tunes from composers inspired by the countryside of the British Isles. Here Kitty Corrigan selects her top ten

This month’s 10 pictures comes from well-known and renowned West Country photographer Bernard Mills, who has been taking pictures for several decades now. Railways were in his blood from infancy, and

Our next extract from Bradley’s Railway Guide: A Journey Through Two Centuries of British Railway History 1825-2005 takes us to 1960… and the seaside

OLIVER WHEELER considers how Britain’s railway stations have shaped our lives for two centuries

An envelope of old pictures has turned Chris Leigh ’s thoughts to narrow gauge and how times have changed where ready-to-run narrow gauge is concerned.

In the second of our series exploring rail’s history, development and function in relation to rival transport modes, CHRISTIAN WOLMAR takes to the roads