Season 2023 - Talk 11.02 - Max Miller - In 'Max Miller' Adrian Martin tells us the life story of the music hall comedian billed as the 'Cheeky Chappie'. You'll appreciate from that billing that his hu

San Marcos to Temple - US Rail Journeys Series 3 Episode 25 - 'San Marcos to Temple' covers around 105 miles of our journey. We reach Temple, the fourth station on this part of the journey, after ne

Season 2023 - Talk 11.01 - Dame Margaret Rutherford - In 'Dame Margaret Rutherford' Wendy Senior tells the story of the life of this famous British actress. Early Life? There is tragedy in her early l

Marfa to New Braunfels - US Rail Journeys Series 3 Episode 24 - 'Marfa to New Braunfels' covers our 400 mile journey during the late afternoon and overnight. We travel from the very wet desert west

Season 2023 - Talk 10 - The Border Reivers - In 'The Border Reivers' David Simpson tells us about these bandits who plundered the English / Scottish border counties from the 13th Century to the Union

El Paso and a very wet desert - US Rail Journeys Series 3 Episode 23 - 'El Paso and a very wet desert' describes our time in El Paso and the first part of our journey to Alpine, Texas. The photograp

Season 2023 - Talk 09 - Mao Zedong - In Mao Zedong Alan Freeland tells us about the life of Mao and Chinese Communism until his death in 1976. - Click a thumbnail below to view the image gallery that

To the border town of El Paso - US Rail Journeys Series 3 Episode 22 - 'To the border town of El Paso' covers my journey from our stop at Lordsburg, via Deming, through the inhospitable countryside of

Season 2023 - Talk 07 - The Glorious Revolution - In The Glorious Revolution Andrew Cole tells us about the events of 1688 and questions whether it really was a revolution. - Click a thumbnail below t

From the suburbs of Tucson to Lordsburg - US Rail Journeys Series 3 Episode 21 - In 'From the suburbs of Tucson to Lordsburg' I travel through the unhospitable countryside of Arizona and New Mexico. T