The Kidnapping of Tony Stephens from Earl Shilton

Earl Shilton is a fairly nondescript village in Leicestershre ... But in 1959 and 1960, suggests this startling film from the British Pathé ...

New Get Ready St. Valentine's Day e-cards!

Get Ready has created four new preparedness e-cards for 2015 to add to the 10 we produced last year. So forget spending 20 minutes in the c...

A biography of Moura Budberg

Back in 2007, I wrote a short article about Moura Budberg for the New Statesman website. Moura may or may not have been a Soviet spy: she w...

Is Meat Unhealthy? Part VIII

Health can be defined as the absence of disease, and that is the lens through which we've been examining meat so far.  However, most of ...

Little Gems

Lets get started!  Here are a few things to keep in mind. 1. Use our EPP (English paper piecing) tutorial to get started. 2. We will post a...

Avoid online dangers, unfriendly users on social media

By Air Force News Service, / Published February 12, 2015 WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- The internet instantaneously allows you to reach out across th...

A Place To Call...

My fireplace mantle this morning. Whether it's at the end of a walk on a forest trail, the end of a day of teaching or the end of an ext...

Demolition of the New Walk Centre, Leicester

Leicester City Council has announced that its former headquarters at the New Walk Centre will be demolished on Sunday 22 February. The coun...

Horse wins national award after dedicating his life to 'teaching' children

The Leicester Mercury wins Headline of the Day. The judges particularly appreciated the fine editorial judgement here. The idea of a horse ...