Looking back at … school days
September. Whether you are five or 65, the start of September is almost certainly associated, through distant memory or current reality, with going back to school. For some this may bring a sense of w ...
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Take a walk down the garden path
60 years of great British garden design – from the 1950s to today Watch our video to see award-winning garden designer and TV presenter, Chris Beardshaw, take a walk down memory lane – and the garden ...
Mod cons cut time doing weekly chores by 55 hours
Next time you sigh as you prepare to tackle the laundry, spare a thought for the housewife of the 1950s – who spent an astonishing 57 hours a week on chores. Thanks to modern technology, our average d ...
If you see only one Japanese film in a lifetime it has to be Rashomon
Robert Tanitch reviews the latest DVDs RASHOMON (BFI) Akira Kurosawa’s classic, award-winning 1950 film, the first Japanese film to reach an international audience, is based on two stories by Ry ...