American submarine 'Preparedness' at full speed, First World War mb-copyright Paul Luke/Illustration Works/Corbis Italian racing driver Alberto Ascari

Italian racing driver Alberto Ascari in action during the 1953 British Grand Prix at Silverstone Circuit

Interior view of the royal stables

one group contemplating the front of the building

' and explaining the scattering of stars forming the constellations

Kitchenware poster

American submarine 'Preparedness' at full speed, First World War mb-copyright Paul Luke/Illustration Works/Corbis Italian racing driver Alberto AscariAmerican submarine 'Preparedness' at full speed, First World War, 1914 1918, (c1920). Illustration from The Illustrated War Record of the Most Notable Episodes in the Great European War 1914 1918, seventh edition, (The Swarthmore Press Ltd, London, c1920).