Author: Peter Johnson

Peters glimpses of family life in Newport and Bar Harbor are, in fact, an ethnography of top drawer New England society. The notion of the Johnson ...

One of Wales'' oldest narrow gauge railways, the 2ft 3in gauge Corris Railway was built to carry slate from several quarries in the Dulas valley to...

Railways have been used for the carriage of mail since soon after the Liverpool & Manchester Railway opened in 1830, the development of the fir...

Opened in 1836 as a horse tramway using gravity to carry slate from Blaenau Ffestiniog to Porthmadog, by the 1920s the Festiniog Railway had left i...

A comprehensive spread by spread approach to Bible places and history. Accessible and packed with time charts, diagrams, maps and photographs, this...

Unusually among Welsh narrow-gauge railways, the 2ft 6in gauge Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway was built to benefit agriculture, not mineral...

Built to carry minerals from mines in the Rheidol valley, the 2ft gauge Vale of Rheidol Railway found its niche carrying tourists to the tourist at...

Festiniog Railway 1836-2014 describes the history of the worlds first steam-operated narrow gauge railway to carry passengers. It covers the histor...

Since the Greeks of Asia Minor invented coined money in the late seventh century BC, the emphasis throughout history has been to focus on minting h...

The popular north Wales seaside resort of Llandudno has a surprisingly long and intriguing history that predates the development of the present tow...

Powerful, riveting, real. Sixteen celebrated authors bring us raw, insightful stories that explore guns and teens in a fiction collection that is t...

THE REVIVAL AND RESTORATION of the Welsh Highland Railway is one of the greatest heritage railway achievements of the 21st Century, yet its success...

Rugby Union Threequarter Play is a technical playing guide that examines the demands of each of the positions in the threequarters, and analyses th...

Within Conwys striking medieval walls is a treasure trove of historic taverns and inns. For centuries visitors and locals alike have whiled away th...