Did you know that Thomas Müntzer, leader of the German Peasants’ War in 1525, used a rainbow flag to rally his followers? It’s an aptly exuberant image for the radical charisma of Müntzer, and for the

Train travel in the dark and trips to the British seaside

PART TWO

We’ve received a bumper crop of new books this month, so here’s a special edition of Modeller’s Bookshelf, featuring a range of titles that will inform and inspire your modelling.

These Spectred Isles

With the fabled ‘Collection X’ locomotives out in the open at last, several are moving to pastures new. One locomotive moved to its new home by steam power – but not in the way you might expect. SIMON COLBECK was there to witness the extraordinary journey.