“ The Drowned and the Saved” – a short walk down Plattenstrasse in Zurich

A short walk don Plattenstrasse in Zurich discovers some interesting history.

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A British railway pioneer in Monza

David Roberts revives an old article and goes in search of -Italy's second railway line and British engineer William Scott in Milan and Monza

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David Roberts reviews Julian Cohen's " Surely not in Buxton !"

David Roberts reviews Julian Cohen's new book " surely not in Buxton!"

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A Furlogh in Rome ( part one)

David Roberts follows the path of a wartime tour made by Buxton College pupil Heinz Thannhauser in June 1944.

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The Murders on Lake Maggiore- Part 2 Baveno

David Roberts visits Baveno on Lake Maggiore and considers British railway barons, Queen Victoria, Field Marshal Sir Jan Smuts and a wartime tragedy at Baveno on Lake Maggiore.

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