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This edited volume provides one of the most formidable critical inquiries into public diplomacy’s relationship with hegemony, morality and power. W...

This edited volume provides one of the most formidable critical inquiries into public diplomacy’s relationship with hegemony, morality and power. W...

Long before Brexit, the Common Market and even the Commonwealth, Britannia truly did rule the waves. Perhaps more unsung is the fact that she also ...

British Railways’ Modernisation Plan of the 1950s started, sensibly, with small orders for a variety of diesel locomotives, intended for different ...

August 2020 marked the fortieth anniversary of the opening of the first section of the Tyne & Wear Metro between Haymarket and Tynemouth. It is...

North-east England, defined here as the historic counties of Northumberland and Durham, has a long, proud tradition of producing great innovators, ...

Long before Brexit, the Common Market and even the Commonwealth, Britannia truly did rule the waves. Perhaps more unsung is the fact that she also ...

Long before Brexit, the Common Market and even the Commonwealth, Britannia truly did rule the waves. Perhaps more unsung is the fact that she also ...

The North British Locomotive Company came into existence in 1903 as an amalgamation of three established Glasgow locomotive manufacturers: Dübs &am...

Thousands of years before the Romans and the Venerable Bede, Northumberland was a landscape of hilltop forts, many of which can be traced today. Mi...

Between the two world wars there was a golden era of industrial design when the benefits of streamlining were realised, allowing for reduced wind r...

The ‘British’ period in the Middle East began with Lawrence of Arabia's attacks on the Hedjaz Railway in the First World War and the eventual defea...

Elegance in Engineering showcases an interesting and diverse collection of British-built steam locomotives from all builders, for railways at home ...

Ask anyone who was a teenage railway enthusiast in the 1980s and they will regale you with tales of ‘bunking’ engine sheds or locomotive works. Whi...

The North Yorkshire Moors Railway is Britain's most popular heritage railway, and runs for 18 miles through the national park of the same name. The...