The monument to Charles Cavendish at Brixworth

This monument stands beside the main road a little to the south of Brixworth. It looks like a stray Eleanor Cross, but turns out to be a mon...

Six of the Best 515

"When I started at Lochaber High School, the prizes he had won as a school debater adorned the walls; as pupils knew, at university he ...

Air Force Releases Rocket Propulsion System Prototypes RFP

6/2/2015 -  LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.  -- Today the Space and Missile Systems Center released a formal solicitation seeking propo...

What we owe to Charles Kennedy

View image | gettyimages.com When David Penhaligon died so suddenly in 1986 the grief was widespread, reaching far beyond the Liberal Party...

Venezuela 1 bolivar 2012 - Magnetic center

New circulating composition and slightly different details: The 1 Bolivar 2012 is a new subtype compared to the 2007/2009 type ( Y#93 ). Th...

The Silent Spectator

Last week I paid my respects to my friend the artist Rigby Graham . The funeral was in the suitably gothic St.John's church in Clarendo...

The last train from Duddingston to St Leonards, Edinburgh, 1968

Also known as the Innocent Railway, this line is now occupied by a cycle path.

To Hunt And Be Hunted

Even after the end is reached, they ask to play again.  Exchanges are made and a new search begins.  As often as possible, despite the initi...

Police hunt men armed with asparagus

The Independent wins Headline of the Day (though I can't help thinking the traditional truncheon would have been more fearsome). An hon...