The Duke of Rutland is standing in a by-election

Thanks to the people who tweeted me about Britain's most esoteric by-election  today. It is an election to fill a vacancy for a heredita...

Welcome to the new Liberal Democrat bloggers

Two new blogs appeared on LibDemBlogs in September. tompkin98blog - written by Thomas Mercer - has been going for a while. Here it is on t...

All Sorts Day

It all seems so long ago now. A cold lunchtime in late January, with us coming out of a very French wine bar just off the Charing Cross Road...

Vanished Leicester: Emmanuel Baptist Church (1965)

Copyright   ©  Dennis Calow The University of Leicester Special Collections site labels this as "Emanuel Baptist Church, New Park Road...

People who never lived in Harborough: 1. Graham Chapman

Game Show Host: Good evening and welcome to Stake Your Claim. First this evening we have Mr Norman Voles of Gravesend who claims he wrote a...

Norman Baker talks to Andrew Neil and the Sussex Express

Norman Baker was on the Daily Politics last week talking about life as a Coalition minister. You can see the interview above. He has also be...

San Marino 2 euro 2015 - 25 years of German Unity

New circulating bimetallic commemorative: " 25 years of German Unity " LINK: San Marino Mint

Austria 2 euro 2015 - 30 years of the EU flag

New bimetallic circulating commemorative: " 30 years of the European Union flag " (news and image from www.numismatica-visual.es )...

Alderney 5 pounds 2015 - Remembrance Day

New collector types in CuNi and silver proof: " Remembrance Day 2015 " LINK: British Royal Mint