Peter Edward Glaser -Taking Buxton College to the Moon by David Roberts

Peter Edward Glaser did not actually go the Moon, but he was a project manager for NASA – getting a large scientific device on to the surface of the Moon, getting it to work and by all accounts it still working today

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Buxton Pubs by Julian Cohen- reviewed by David Roberts

A great new book about Buxton's current and some sadly missed inns, alehouses, taverns, pubs and bars

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Kostas Georgakis- Genoa 19th September by David Roberts

Kosta Georgakis was born in Corfu on 28 August 1948 in act of desperation and supreme self-sacrifice. he set himself ablaze in the piazza Mateotti in Genoa on 19 September 1970, in protest against the repprssive regime of the Greek Colonels. shouting, "Long Live Greece", "Down with the tyrants", "Down with the fascist colonels" and "I did it for my Greece." he died nine hours later.

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England Vs Italy - the Pre-War matches - by David Roberts

England first played Itay in an international football match in 1933, as the international climate worsened , they played two more matches - the Battle of Highbury in 1934 and one final match in Milan in May 1939.

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Mr Chamberlain changes trains

Four months after flying to the Munich Conference, Neville Chamberlain together with a large party of British officials travelled to Rome by train to try and keep the Italians from siding with the Germans.

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Corfu-8 September 1943 by David Roberts

On 8 September the Italian Armistice with the Allies came into effect. Substantial Italian forces remained outside of Italy. This is the story of what happened to the Italian garrison on Corfu between 8 and 27 September 1943.

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On the shores of Lago Maggiore. The Murders at Meina by David Roberts

26 Jul Meina is a small village on the Western side of Lake Maggiore, between Arona and Stresa, it is not a large resort , just a tranquil spot with lovely view up the lake towards Switzerland and across to Anghera. In the 1930s, there were just two hotels there, the Hotel Meina and the Hotel Verbano. The Hotel Meina was to become infamous as the site of a massacre.

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On the Peace Trail  in Locarno- by David Roberts

David Roberts on the Peace Trail in the lovely Swiss city of Locarno

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Strange happenings at Harpur Hill

A short history of the Froth sites at Harpur Hill, near Buxton including the Frith artillery range; RAF Maintenance Unit 28 and Safety in Mines Research.

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Mr Mason's Boys- German Jewish refugee boys at Buxton College in the 1930s

Following on from the story of Heinz Thannhauser, David Roberts uncovers the stories of two more German Jewish refugee pupils who attended Buxton College in the 1930s and later emigrated to the United States

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A Buxton College boy who went to Harvard and died with the American Air Force in Italy by David Roberts

David Roberts puts together the story of Heinz Thannhauser , a German-Jewish refugee who attended Buxton College in the 1930s, went to Harvard and died with the American Air Force in Italy in 1944

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Milan War Cemetery- The Story of Besueri Sebaiga

On Remembrance Day , David Roberts tries to find out more about the story of Ugandan Soldier Besueri Sebaiga

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