D. Appleton & Company, in New York, published a series of travel guides in the 19th century, including `Appleton's General Guide to the United States', a book documenting the US railroad system in ...

Michael Portillo has been spotted in Derby in town filming a new series. Mr Portillo was seen walking up and down Sadler Gate ...

Michael Portillo, presenter of `Great British Railway Journeys', `Great Continental Railway Journeys' and `Great American Railroad Journeys', embarks on an adventure to India to experience the country ...

Armed with his 1930s Bradshaw’s Guide, Michael Portillo explores East Anglia between the wars. His railway journey begins in Sutton Hoo, in Suffolk, where archaeologists made a staggering discovery.

Torness nuclear power station is set to close in five years. Here's what a tour of its reactor and workers taught me about its future ...

Torness nuclear power station is set to close in five years. Here's what a tour of its reactor and workers taught me about its future ...

Passengers travelling into London have sometimes had an unexpected treat to accompany their journey - in the form of facts ...

Michael Portillo is in Cumbria, enjoying one of the most spectacular coastal railway journeys in Britain. In Ulverston, he sets sail in a small craft with a lifelong devotee of Arthur Ransome's ...

In Sandycove, Michael meets James Joyce devotees in the town where he found inspiration. At New Ross, he sees a replica of a ship that took emigrants to America during and after the Irish Famine.

Michael Portillo’s rail exploration of the historic wooded region of south east England, known as the Weald, continues from Tonbridge, at the heart of the area's rail network. Show more ...