Disused railway stations in Staffordshire

Staffordshire is a much underrated county. It has some of the most picturesque parts of the Peak District and the Churnet Valley, which at o...

Free Cambridge event to mark the centenary of 'shell shock'

The British Psychological Society is commemorating the centenary of the publication of C.S. Myers' article 'A contribution to the st...

Six of the Best 544

Laura Schwartz reviews Suffragette. "But there were others who really have been failed, be that by the system, by their families or bo...

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Gliding With Grace

For a young girl growing up with the family nickname of Moose the chances of her parents spending their hard-earned money on dance lessons w...

Will You Fill Out This Paleo Diet Survey?

This week, I received an e-mail from a graduate student at Humboldt State University named May Patiño.  She asked me to share her online res...

Denis Healey: The Best Prime Minister Labour Never Had?

While Britain watched The Great British Bake Off, BBC2 showed this excellent documentary on the career of Denis Healey. You can now view it ...

Michelle Thomson was to play a starring role at SNP conference

View image | gettyimages.com From the Telegraph website this evening: Michelle Thomson was due to play a “starring role” alongside Nicola ...

A Lib Dem haiku for National Poetry Day

A candidate stands His deposit flutters off On the soft May breeze