The best museums you should visit in the UK, from contemporary art to local history exhibitions

With around 1,800 accredited museums in the UK, we have chosen our favourites for your next culture-filled day out ...

England’s first railway town that inspired the rest of the world is one of the most affordable places to live

ONE tiny town in the middle of the countryside changed travel in the UK and around the globe forever. Shildon in County ...
Time Out

Sydney’s surprising firsts: The places that made this city what it is

Before Taronga Zoo stole the spotlight, Sydney’s first zoo was hiding in a swamp. In 1884, the city’s very first public zoo ...

Princess Anne National Railway Museum 50th anniversary visit

Princess Anne attended the National Railway Museum’s 50th anniversary reception on Thursday night (September 25) in her capacity as Fellow of ...
The Architects' Journal

Remembering Terry Farrell: ‘Britain’s most charismatic exponent of Postmodernism’

Catherine Slessor looks back at the life and works of Terry Farrell, who became known for his Postmodern architecture but was ...
Channel 3000

Full steam ahead as Britain marks the bicentenary of a world-changing rail journey

On Sept. 27, 1825, the first steam-powered railway engine to run on a public railway — George Stephenson's Locomotion No. 1 — ...

UK’s last cinema carriage restored to screen films again after 37 years

A MOBILE cinema has been saved from crumbling away, with the possibility of showing movies on the move, in the future. The final curtain nearly fell on a historic mobile cinema in Wiltshire, but ...
Mid-Day

As Elphinstone Bridge comes down, here's a look at some of Mumbai's most iconic bridges

As we bid farewell to the 125-year-old Elphinstone Bridge, we look back at other colonial-era bridges that carried carts, ...

Government criticised for leaving villagers in dark over potential new town

It comes as the Housing Secretary is set to pledge that the construction of three new towns will begin before the next ...
Lancashire Evening Post

Barber's anniversary celebration of Lostock Hall - and why it matters so much

David Dawson owns Vintage Barbers in Watkin Lane, which celebrates its 10th anniversary at the start of next month. To mark the occasion, David has recently commissioned a full refurbishment of the ...

Nine of the world's most unforgettable train trips

Two hundred years after the first passenger train rolled down the tracks, these iconic rail journeys still inspire awe and ...

The golden age of British railways, when champagne lunches outnumbered cancellations

There is much to be said for the Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR), the grand entry into the British history books, whose 200th birthday is being celebrated today.