Papua New Guinea 50 toea 2015 - XVth Pacific Games

New circulating commemoratives: ' XVth Pacific Games ' You can get this nice coin from my friend Sean Rooney ( sirooney@hotmail.com...

Buskers 'face £1,000 fine for not smiling' under new town centre protection order

The Evening Standard wins our Headline of the Day Award for this account of developments in Oxford.

The making of The Singing Detective

. Lyndon Davies played the young Philip Marlowe in The Singing Detective with a heartbreaking shaved-above-the-ears haircut. He went on to...

"He would come and show us magic tricks and tell us to make sure our parents voted for him"

View image | gettyimages.com As the Leicester Mercury reported on Friday, Peter Farrands, a former teacher and scout master who sexually a...

Bring Out Your Dead: Dr Martin Roberts

Introduction Many years ago, more years ago than what is acceptable in solving the solvable case surrounding the unlawful killing of Madelei...

France Gall: Poupée de cire, poupée de son

While are heads are still full of Eurovision, here is one of the contest's more interesting winners. "Poupée de cire, poupée de son...

The tomb of Richard III in Leicester Cathedral

I decided to let the fuss die down before I paid my respects again to Richard III. Last time I saw him , on my birthday, his coffin was disp...

Six of the Best 512

"Labour activists were receiving emails beseeching them to go and help in the marginal seat of South Ribble (which Labour failed to tak...

Cheating husband leaves mistress sex tape on North Yorkshire bus

York's The Press wins our Headline of the Day Award. Which route was it? I hear you ask. The Press reports: The bag containing the evid...