Powerful Patents: Navy Outranks All Government Agencies in Yearly Report

By Warren Duffie, Office of Naval Research ARLINGTON, Va. (NNS) -- Predicting the risk of pirate attacks on vital shipping lanes could soon...

Look To The Sky

Thirty-three years ago in June a film releases redefining the boundaries of friendship.  Left behind by members of a botany team, an extrate...

Disused railway stations in Wiltshire

The appealingly named Black Dog Halt was originally a private station provided for the Marquess of Landsdowne. More Wiltshire railway goodne...

Robert Conquest (1917-2015) wrote a limerick of genius

Robert Conquest, who did much to make the West grasp the scale of Stalin's terror, has died at the age of 98. I am pleased that his Tele...

Investigation into Chilham derailment

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch has announced its investigation into the derailment at Chilham* last Sunday: Our investigation will e...

Guardian reviews The Lone Pine Club

The Pentabus Rural Theatre Company production The Lone Pine Club, based on the books by Malcolm Saville, is reviewed for the Guardian today ...

Northamptonshire cricket in crisis

View image | gettyimages.com George Dobell reports for Cricinfo: The future of Northamptonshire County Cricket Club looks uncertain after ...

Canterbury West looking east

When I got of the train at Canterbury West I found the platform was thronged with bishops. That's what you are entitled to expect when y...

Those forthcoming Liberal Democrat memoirs in full

An article in the Independent the other day revealed that Vince Cable, Norman Baker and David Laws will all be publishing books soon: After...