Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure

Traffic congestion has become a major problem in many of England's towns and cities.

Ranging from the monoplanes and biplanes of the early twentieth century to the hi-tech supersonic jet fighters used by air forces across the world today, the vast range of military aircraft that have been and are still in use today are documented here.

Brighton and Hove is one of England's most recent cities and also one of its most colourful and eccentric.

In this companion volume to Northern Electrics: EMUs in the North of England, Martyn Hilbert showcases the huge variety and types of first- and second-generation Diesel Multiple Units that have operated in the North of England, including many items of rolling stock that have passed into history.

Railway disasters were a new phenomenon in early Victorian England.

Humor abounding, the stories of High on the Vine feature thrice-removed cousins, Tami & Evi Maki, who often contemplate how their lives would be vastly different, if only they did not bear the burden of marriage to Toivo and Eino.

The town of Malvern grew around a medieval Benedictine monastery at the foot of the Malvern Hills.

By 1938 Warrington, like the rest of Britain, was preparing for war with Germany.

Middlesbrough boasts a rich, diverse history and heritage that brings together tales of unprecedented industrial development, rapid urban expansion, the cultivation of new cultural institutions and a proud sporting heritage that has helped put the town on the map.

Launched in 1960 with design by Pininfarina, the Peugeot 404 proved to be a highly successful model that helped to enhance Peugeot's reputation for building durable cars.

The period 2010-2019 was one of change and colour in Reading's bus services.

In the eighteenth century, Liverpool's position as a favoured port for Britain's growing Atlantic trade to the West Indies and America allowed it to expand rapidly.

In 2011, Devon County Council outlined plans for a rapid-transit-style rail network, the Devon Metro, to be achieved through improvements to services and facilities, including the opening of new stations.

Bristol's importance in medieval England was demonstrated when it became the first borough in the country outside of London to be given county status in 1373.

Though the Industrial Revolution was born in Shropshire, iron-working techniques had been known for millennia.

Regarded worldwide as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, the Black Country has a long and diverse history, where countless ghostly tales are born.

Few people would have envisaged that when the fledgling D&G Bus commenced operations in April 1998 with four vehicles that twenty-five years later it would become larger than its neighbour, First Potteries.

Glasgow Harbour, the port and shipbuilding centre along the River Clyde from Glasgow Green to the River Kelvin and beyond to Clydebank, became the greatest seaport in Scotland and one of the largest in Britain.

The railway route between Settle and Carlisle in the North West of England is one of the most scenic lines in Britain.

In this collection of haunting images, photographers James Lacey and David Gooch have brought to the light the fascination of derelict and abandoned buildings and other structures around Liverpool and Merseyside.

Lying just a few miles off the Hampshire coast, the Isle of Wight is famous for its attractive landscape and historical connections.

Chelsea has always been a district beloved by the influential and wealthy.

The area around Derby has been inhabited for millennia - from prehistory, through Roman, Anglo-Saxon and Viking settlements.

The Triumph Razoredge cars were the last of the traditionally styled British coach-built cars to be produced in the post-war period.

The North Yorkshire seaside town of Scarborough grew up around its medieval castle, built on a headland.

The north-east of England - Durham, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, and Teesside - has witnessed many grisly and tragic events over the centuries and it is no surprise that it is one of the most haunted parts of the country.

As a conclusion to his popular series of industrial railways in the regions around the UK, as well two volumes examining steam locomotives at work in industry around the world, here Gordon Edgar looks at the vanishing steam era worldwide.

Today, wrist watches are part practical, part fashion and part wearable tech.

Worksop has until recent times been at the heart of the East Midlands coal-mining and power industries, creating a vital rail hub linking the numerous Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and South Yorkshire collieries with the power stations along the Trent Valley that formed the backbone of the UK's electricity generation capability.

Dave Hewitt has made many trips to the United States and Canada over the last twenty years, including visits to thirty-five of the fifty US states.

French Rail (SNCF) has always been a magnet for British rail enthusiasts to enjoy workshop, depot and yard visits together with travel by locomotive-hauled passenger trains.

For much of its history, Bexhill was a small rural town on a hill in East Sussex, a mile or two from the sea.

Horsham is a market town in West Sussex on a major crossing of the River Adur.

The pre-Grouping Companies were fiercely competitive and would defend any incursion by another company penetrating what they considered to be their 'territories'.

Coastal fishing is a way of life within an industry that has provided a living for communities up and down England's east coast for generations.

The market town of Romsey lies on the River Test in Hampshire, on the border of the New Forest.

The humble banknote has been around in one form or another for over 300 years, and no one would deny that during that time they have been an indispensable part of trade, commerce and the growth of the UK economy.

On 10 June 1986 the image of the rail network of London and the South East of England was overhauled, officially launched by Chris Green in a blaze of publicity at Waterloo station.

Food was as important a part of daily life in the Middle Ages, as it is today.

Over the past hundred years, the scrapping of life-expired buses has changed in numerous ways.

The town of St Andrews in Fife has much to celebrate.

Railway wagons were first used by the British to carry sick and wounded members of the military during the Crimean War in 1855.

Dundee is a modern city with a long history.

Class 43 locomotives were introduced to British Rail from 1976 onwards and eventually numbered 197 in total.

The Crosville bus company started bus operations in Liverpool in 1922 and by the end of the decade was the leading operator across the Wirral and into Lancashire, Cheshire and North Wales.

Preston was awarded city status in 2002 and has played an important part in Lancashire's history since the Middle Ages, when it was a centre for wool production and weaving.

Since deregulation Merseyside has seen its fair share of independent bus operators come and go.

Although the story of Jack the Ripper has been told many times, the crime scene locations and the killing ground which he and his unfortunate victims would have been familiar with has been largely left unknown.

Stagecoach South Wales is a subsidiary of the Stagecoach Group and was formed through the acquisitions and consolidation of Aberdare Bus Company Limited, Crosskeys Coach Hire Limited (Glynn Williams), Islwyn Borough Transport Limited, Parfitts Motor Services Limited, Red & White Services Limited, Rhondda Bus Services Limited and The Valleys Bus Company Limited.

Since the 1990s a huge variety of emergency vehicles have been seen in the Thames Valley area - Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, and Oxfordshire.