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Vauxhall Cars
Vauxhall cars have been central to motoring in Britain for over a century. The company built a formidable reputation in its early years with notable machines like the Prince Henry, …
British Sports Cars of the 1950s and 60s
E-type Jaguar; Triumph Spitfire; MGA; Austin-Healey nobody built sports cars like British manufacturers in the 1950s and '60s. There was something very special about the …
Motor Coaches and Charabancs
The coach distinguished from the bus by its use for longer-haul and more comfortable trips has a long and august history. Its origins lie in the charabanc, a long open-topped …
Shadows of Progress
Britain emerged from war a changed country, facing new social, industrial and cultural challenges. Its documentary film tradition established in the 1930s and 1940s around …
British Luxury Cars of the 1950s and 60s
In the 1950s and 1960s, luxury car buyers, from government ministers to captains of industry, almost invariably bought British. These were stately, dignified, and grand vehicles, …
Hillman Cars
William Hillman started manufacturing cars in Coventry in 1907 before selling his company to the Rootes Brothers in 1928. Three years later came the Hillman Minx, the first of a …
Voyage of the Beagle
The Beagle has become synonymous with Charles Darwin and his groundbreaking title On the Origin of Species. But how did Darwin come to be on board? For the first time in a single …
Pack Up Your Troubles
Artist-drawn humorous postcards were growing considerably in popularity at the start of the 20th century. When war broke out in 1914 trade in them soared as the government utilised …
Challenging Sports Governing Bodies
Challenging Sports Governing Bodies covers the decision to challenge the actions of a sports governing body and considers the causes of action that form a basis for them. This …
Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce is one of Britain's legendary car brands, representing the pinnacle of engineering quality and luxury like no other manufacturer. Since 1904, when Charles Stewart Rolls …
Electric Cars
An essential introduction to the surprisingly long history of the electric car, from the early pioneers, through to the first commercially viable marques such as Tesla.After a …
Picturing the Pacific
For over 50 years between the 1760s and the early 19th century, the pioneers who sailed from Europe to explore the Pacific brought back glimpses of a new world in the form of oil …