Author: John Christopher

Nobody knows how long it has been since the Tripods came. Nobody remembers life on Earth before they enslaved it. Humans live in scattered farms an...

Bradshaws Guide of 1863 was the staple book on whats what and wheres where for the mid-Victorians and it gives the modern reader a unique insight i...

Brunel and London. It might not seem an obvious association, but John Christopher puts the case that it was London, not Bristol, that was the most ...

Isambard Kingdom Brunel changed the world as we know it. He was responsible for building the Great Western Railway main line, introducing regular s...

In Transatlantic Airships, John Christopher recounts the fascinating story of the lighter-than-air 'pond hoppers' from the earliest schemes and bol...

She was the finest vessel in Henry VIII's navy, the flagship of the fleet and one of the first to be equipped with heavy guns. The Mary Rose struck...

Bournemouth Through Time is a wonderful collection of old and new photographs of Bournemouth. The older images are printed alongside a contemporary...

Constructed from the wood of over 6,000 trees HMS Victory was designed as a first-rate ship, packing a formidable punch with over 100 guns arranged...

Isambard Kingdom Brunel was Britain's greatest engineer, he was the man who built everything on a huge scale, he built Britain's biggest ship, some...

Infinitely flexible, they have appeared in short, medium and long wheelbase variants, with a host of body styles and conversions for everything fro...

Bradshaws Guide of 1863 was the staple book to whats what and wheres where for the mid-Victorians and it gives the modern reader a unique insight i...

During the First World War the authorities emulated the simple slogans and strong graphic imagery of advertising posters to create a form of mass c...

In the 1930s the silver Zeppelins ruled the skies, crossing the Atlantic on a regular basis with a style and elegance never seen before or since in...

Intended for the British Army as a contract for a small, Jeep-like, air-portable vehicle, the Mini Moke was a failure at this role and found its su...

Bradshaws Guide of 1863 was the staple book on whats what and wheres where for the mid-Victorians and it gives the modern reader a unique insight i...

The London & Birmingham Railway was the first major line in Britain and it was the greatest achievement of its engineer, Robert Stephenson, the...

Famed for his railway hand-books - recently rediscovered through Michael Portillo's television series on the great railway journeys - George Br...

In 1948, on the Isle of Anglesey, the first prototype Land Rover was put through its paces. It was a utilitarian four wheel-drive vehicle, designed...

Even before the Apollo astronauts had stepped on to the surface of the Moon, NASA's engineers were drawing up plans for a reusable space vehicle to...