Family Courts
The Family Courts deal with the acrimonious aspects of domestic strife. The judges and lawyers deal with…
The adjustable spanner
For Yorkshireman Richard Clyburn (1796/7-1852) to become a consulting engineer in his early 30s, he must have…
Kindertransport
The scheme to remove children under 17 from their homes in pre-WW2 Nazi Germany, Austria, Poland and…
UK fishing waters
For centuries British fishermen went wherever they knew they could get a plentiful catch and top of…
Supertramp
“Oh won’t you sign up your name We’d like to feel you’re acceptable Respectable, oh presentable, a…
P.G. Wodehouse
Sir P.G. (Pelham Grenville, nicknamed ‘Plum’) Wodehouse (1881-1975), from Surrey, became one of Britain’s best-loved and most…
Dinosauria
The first dinosaur bone to be identified as such, albeit 166 years later, was dug up in…
‘Bunty’ and ‘Jackie’
‘Bunty‘ and ‘Jackie‘ magazines were both published weekly by the same company that produced ‘The Beano’ and…
Summer Solstice
Sunrise on the day of the Summer Solstice ranges from about 3.35am to 4.45am north to south…
Andy Murray
Sir Andrew Barron Murray (1987-) is the UK’s most successful professional tennis player since Oxford-born Tim Henman…
The Inter Faith Network for the UK
With so many different religions bumping along together on these islands, the concept of facilitating better understanding…
The Brexit Party
2019 was the year the Brexit Party emerged as a phenomenal grass-roots success in British politics, focused…