Just imagine you’re at home when you get a phone call from a friend to say they want to treat you to a night out at cinema. You say you might be a little late so they send you a photograph of your cinema ticket over the phone. As you leave home, you switch off…
On 17 December 1903, the Wright brothers famously flew the very first powered aeroplane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The best flight of the day covered a total distance of 256 m (852 ft) in 59 seconds. The ground-breaking feat heralded the beginning of the pioneering age of aviation. While the bravery and courage of…
Recent Death of Queen Elizabeth II Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and its realms died on 8 September 2022, at Balmoral Castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, aged 96. She came to the throne on 6 February 1952, following the sudden death of her father, George VI. Her death brought to an end a reign…
What is LSD? Have you any interest in LSD? No, I’m not talking about the potent psychedelic drug (i.e. acid) that’s widely associated with the hippy movement of the 1960s. Rather, I’m referring to the former LSD (or more correctly, L-s-d) system of currency of the UK. Did you know it was first introduced to…
Popular Image The popular image of the Wild West ‘gunfighter’ has largely been shaped by the ‘dime’ novel and the Western film genre. However, the way they have been portrayed is a lot more fiction than reality. Here’s ten facts that might surprise you on the universal popular gunman characters of the Old West. 1….
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