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The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg are three separate European countries that have their own railway systems, with much integration between each other. They are united by all running regular passenger train services, mostly hourly or more frequent, within each country and beyond. Nederlandse (...)

A highly illustrated celebration of fifty years of the Hercules in service with the Royal Air Force.

Switzerland is set in the heart of Europe, and as such is host to a vast number of both passenger and freight workings, with locomotives from various different countries visiting. The Swiss railways are made up of lots of different small companies, which run on both standard and narrow gauge, the (...)

Turkey, the country that straddles Europe and Asia, reflects this in the mix of cultures from both continents to be found there. The western and southern coastal areas are the most familiar to Western holidaymakers but the interior, Black Sea coast and east of the country are less visited. As (...)

As 1794 opened, Revolutionary France stood on a knife's edge of failure. Its army and navy had been shaken by the revolution, with civil war and famine taking its toll on their resources. Seeking to bring a revitalizing supply of food from its Caribbean colonies and the United States, the French (...)

A finales del siglo XIX, cuando Japón se abría al mundo tras siglos de aislamiento abrazando con entusiasmo la modernización y la industrialización, un joven artista llamado Ogata Gekko de formación autodidacta revolucionó el panorama artístico japonés creando un nuevo estilo de grabado ukiyo-e que (...)

En tan solo cuatro décadas, millares de hombres se enfrentan en el mismo campo de batalla hasta en doce ocasiones. Un caso sorprendente, insólito e inadvertido hasta la fecha.En esta obra se abordarán, entre otras muchas cuestiones, las motivaciones estratégicas y el obcecamiento táctico de algunos (...)

Otro vistazo a la ciudad de Gijón por Alejandro Braña, fotografías de sus lugares comunes, su fachada marítima y la estrecha relación de sus habitantes con el mar a través del ocio y el trabajo. La ciudad reflejada en las aguas que la bañan.