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Floating palaces, elegant fashion… and cows falling through the ceiling! The pleasures and pitfalls of the golden age of ocean liners

  • by Dave Monk
  • Posted on January 31, 2018
  • History

Fascinating exhibition opens at V&A Museum in London

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A steward on the old Queen Elizabeth takes his ‘cruise virgin’ brother on the new QE – what did they think?

  • by Dave Monk
  • Posted on February 2, 2016
  • Cruise reviews

How does the modern ship compare with its predecessor?

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A love story that shaped a city: The amazing piece of history hidden in Fort Lauderdale

  • by Dave Monk
  • Posted on June 23, 2014May 5, 2015
  • Destinations

Driving along the sprawling freeways past vast developments towards the towering ocean-front hotels of Fort Lauderdale, it’s hard to imagine that, a little over a century ago, this was a desolate area full of swamps, […]

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How, on QM2, I’ll be travelling in the wake of my grandmother’s voyage on Queen Mary

  • by Dave Monk
  • Posted on September 9, 2013May 5, 2015
  • History

Dave Monk traces his grandmother’s voyage 61 years ago on Queen Mary as he prepares to do the same transatlantic trip on QM2

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Historic rare newspapers from transatlantic liners are published online

  • by Dave Monk
  • Posted on June 13, 2013June 27, 2015
  • History

Papers used to be printed on the voyage

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