Bull’s eyes and beyond

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In 1843, Brazil became only the second country in the world to issue postage

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Stamp Collector Magazine

13 May 2022

Model Rail

How to recreate a snippet of the west highland line

Peter Marriott shares one of his new projects, which aims to capture a tiny slice of this famous route.

Steam Railway

Looking back going forward

More than 50 years after it reopened as a heritage line, the Kent & East Sussex Railway is embracing the future while not forgetting its roots. THOMAS BRIGHT sits down with general manager Dr Robin Coombes and new chairman Derrick Bilsby to find out more.

Steam Days

The locomotives of thornton junction’s final steam shed

As we have seen across five articles so far – see related reading from the authors, page 23 – the provision of an engine shed at Thornton Junction facilitated a broad reach of influence and operation

Best of British

Yesterday remembered

One day late in 1939, a small article appeared in our daily newspaper. It was submitted by the government and was an appeal for British women to knit socks for men in the army, which was unable to obt