The Battle of Britain
The photo was taken by myself and shows the 16m high sculpture, installed upon Spitfire Island, a roundabout at Castle Vale, Birmingham. It commemorates the nearby Castle Bromwich factory where most o ...
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Unseeing eyes
Having 20-20 vision is a huge benefit I had and never gave it a thought when I was young. On top of that I am long sighted. Only in recent times have I needed specs for reading and at the lowest setti ...
This week in History
Every week we go back to re-visit some of the significant happenings that took place in living memory; just about, for some of us. To remind ourselves of how life has changed and how some things stay ...
Charlotte Courthold looks back at the comic culture that was so important to children
In 1890 the first weekly popular magazines were printed and consumed by an eager public. The Education Act of 1870 resulted in a working class who were now able to read and hungry for cheap reading ma ...