Archive | November, 2017

Sailing away from the sea?

By on November 23, 2017 in Cruise Views

With cruise lines already ordering the ships that will come into service up to a decade from now, it is interesting to consider how they will change cruising, writes Robin Mead. The experts at www.cruisenation.com are forecasting lots more LED screens and virtual reality, greater automation and – rather more encouragingly – improved waste disposal […]

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Revealed: Britain’s secret Tube disaster

By on November 9, 2017 in Uncategorized

Britain’s worst Tube disaster was at London’s Bethnal Green station in 1943, when 173 people died. But it remained a secret; the story was hushed up at the time in order to keep up wartime morale. Our contributor Sandra Brind’s grandmother and cousin died in the incident; her mother and aunt were among the survivors. […]

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