Dawlish Chronicles

Jules Ferry - and the most ludicrous facial hair of his era France’s crushing defeat in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, and the add...

The Royal Navy  suffered its first major loss in almost a century in September 1914, a disaster that cost 1459 men their lives and destro...

The modern travel industry has brought tourists to just about every part of the world, however seemingly inaccessible. I suspect however...

I recently came across a book – undated, but clearly late 19 th Century – entitled “Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy”. I...

The sinking of the Titanic in 1912 remains locked in the public imagination as the supreme tragedy of North Atlantic passenger travel, all...