Navy Showcases Research and Development Programs at National Maker Faire

By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Tim D. Godbee, Defense Media Activity WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The U.S. Navy showcased new, innovativ...

The Lone Pine Club by Alice Birch

Back in February I blogged a couple of times ( here and here ) about Pentabus Rural Theatre Company and its plans to perform Alice Birch...

Marston Trussell: A shrunken medieval village

The second Marston Trussell Beer Festival takes place this weekend (19-21 June). I visited the first one last year. But my reason for writ...

Hilda Murrell remembered in Shrewsbury - after a fashion

Readers of a certain age will remember the 1984 murder in Shrewsbury of the rose grower and environmental campaigner Hilda Murrell. I review...

Richard III fanatic threatens Dean of York with eternal fire

It seems spirits were running high at the Solemn Choral Evensong held at York Minster on the day Richard III was laid to rest in Leicester. ...

The Parents Killed Maddie English Police Are Stupid

So reads the translation. But I beg to differ with the latter part of the observation. Full size, right click open in new tab.

Deserted In The Desert

If you've ever been lost it's not a very good feeling.  Your surroundings, if you happen to be in the woods, start to look the same ...

Disused railway stations in Suffolk

A reader asks: I enjoyed Devon , Bedfordshire , North Lincolnshire ,  East Sussex , Leicestershire , Herefordshire , Hampshire , Cumbria , C...

Ron Moody and Karl Popper

The obituaries for Ron Moody record that he fell into acting while studying at the London School of Economics. And a tribute on Forward by ...