Vikings Where You Least Expect The ‘Vikings’ are a pop-culture phenomenon forever associated with frigid, windswept fjords and bleak, boggy shorelines. They are of the North, perhaps even the extreme North, beyond the periphery of Roman authors and their world...

Buses in Greater London is a photographic survey of buses around Greater London taken between 1993 and early 2023. I was always keen to do a book about London’s buses but was initially hesitant. Did people need another book about London’s...

Anthony Woodville, William Caxton and Early Printing in England In 1476, William Caxton opened his print shop in Westminster. This would be the start of a long tradition of printing books in England. Whilst he did often operate alone, although...

Part of the joy of reading a crime novel is that we can be pretty sure that the murderer will be unmasked, order restored. However, the rise in the interest in true crime, where we cannot be so sure that...

Being asked to write a short book about the Bristol 403 has led me towards researching and reminiscing about my nearly fifty years of ownership of my 1953 Bristol 403. There have been ups and downs, but mostly it’s a...

Most people instantly recognise the twin towers at the west end of Westminster Abbey as an iconic landmark of London, seen by millions whenever there is a Royal or National occasion at the Abbey. What many people won’t know is...

From haunted houses to legendary landmarks, Swansea and Gower are steeped in ghostly tales and eerie folklore. These haunted sites, rich in history and local legend, offer a glimpse into the region’s mysterious past, where the line between myth and...

I can’t speak for any other cities but I wonder whether there exists within them quite the same passion that Glasgow citizens have for their transport systems; their trams, trolleybuses, paddle steamers, steam trains and one of the smallest underground...

For this blog I could just quote from my introduction of ‘Heritage Railways in The Midlands’, but that would be too easy and a bit of a cheat on my part. I need to sell the book on this post...

Having been given the go-ahead for the book after my initial submission of numerous photos I had in my portfolio, which had grown quickly from my retirement from full-time employment. But now the challenge and at first seemed daunting to...