British Railways poster for the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon

View image | gettyimages.com After Coventry Cathedral , another post-nationalisation poster from the West Midlands.

Continuing Liberal Party stands down in favour of Ukip

The Liberal Party - a small group whose members opposed the merger with the SDP - has ended any doubts that it is a collection of fruitcakes...

When James Palumbo gave the Lib Dems "fantastic expertise"

Reform on this scale needs to be across the board. But it’s unfair to expect politicians to do it as they don’t have the skill set. In a dem...

India 5 rupees 2014 - Komagata Maru incident

New circulating commemorative: ' 100th Anniversary of the Komagata Maru incident ' (news by Shabbir Disawala , Shamik Biswas and Pa...

Netherlands Antilles 2.5 gulden 2014 - King Willem Alexander

New circulating type with the King's portrait: (news and scan by Wolfgang Schuster )

Lesley Rollings selected to fight Gainsborough for the Lib Dems

The Market Rasen Mail reports that Lesley Rollings, who represents Thonock on West Lindsey District Council, has been chosen to fight Gains...

Four great sources of free images for bloggers

Yes, it's a listicle, but I hope it will be of use to my fellow bloggers. And if you know of any other good sources, please share them i...

Goodbye to "Gary": The death of a Christian name

View image | gettyimages.com When I was at primary school in the 1960s (jumpers for goalposts, isn't it?), the most popular Christian n...

Missing

Throughout the course of our lives we will miss people, places and things.  We will feel the panic of lost car or house keys, a misplaced fa...