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All in the month of AUGUST The infamous Berlin Wall When John Lennon said the Beatles were ‘more popular than Jesus’ The Story of Apple Inc Ten things to know about the Edinburgh Festival Fringe National Allotment Week – 10th to 16th August Where are we all? ** Editor:  We continue our column that looks...

It was: 250 years ago, on 2nd August 1776 that the formal signing of the US Declaration of Independence took place. 175 years ago, on 12th August 1851 that the American inventor Isaac Singer was granted a US Patent for his sewing machine. Since then, well over 100 million various models of Singer sewing machines...

It was 65 years ago, on 13th August 1961 that East Germany first sealed the border between East and West Berlin with barbed wire. Construction on the Berlin Wall itself began two days later, on 15th August. The Wall grew rapidly to become a 96-mile (155km) concrete barrier. It became the physical embodiment of the...

It was 60 years ago, on 4th and 5th August 1966 that US newspapers and radio stations quoted John Lennon as saying his Beatles band was “more popular than Jesus.” It provoked widespread protests across America. The story had really begun some months earlier, when in March Lennon’s comment was originally published in the London...

It was just 15 years ago, on 24th August 2011, that Steve Jobs resigned as CEO of Apple Inc because of ill health. (Pancreatic tumour.) Steve Jobs died on 5th October, but he left behind a company which has transformed how modern society interacts with digital technology. Apple Inc was born in a garage in...

 This year it takes place 7th to 31st August. The largest arts festival in the world, it is made up of thousands of arts and cultural events which together attract the same number of people as a World Cup. This year, it will feature a total of 3,649 distinct shows and 53,884 individual performances across 258...

If you like allotments, then this week is for you. It raises awareness of the very practical good that renting an allotment can do, in both providing space to grow your own food, but also in encouraging more connectedness with your immediate community. This year the theme is ‘Grow to Learn – Lifelong Lessons from...

Almost half the world’s population, 45% of us, live in cities of at least 50,000 people. A third of us, 36%, live in towns of 5,000 to 50,000, and the remaining 19% of us live in rural areas. The population in the UK has dropped -3.2% since 2020. The decline has happened in England and Wales...

All in the month of JULY The US Declaration of Independence – 4th July 1776 When England won the FIFA World Cup Remembering Dolly – the cloned sheep Looking back on 20 years with Twitter…. The Air Tattoo is cancelled because of Iran war Have you noticed the seagulls lately? **  Editor:  We continue our...

It was 250 years ago, on 4th July 1776, that the US Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Second Continental Congress. The original signed parchment still exists, behind bullet-proof glass at the National Archives in Washington, but copies were quickly printed and distributed on the day – not all of them totally accurate. Its...

It was: 250 years ago, on 4th July 1776 that the US Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Second Continental Congress. 250 years ago, from 12th July 1776 to 4th October 1780, that the British explorer Captain James Cook made his third and final voyage. He travelled to New Zealand and Hawaii, where he...

Sixty years ago, on 30th July 1966, the 1966 FIFA World Cup final took place. England beat Germany 4 – 2.  English player Geoff Hurst became the first (and only) player to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final. Hurst is also the only surviving member of the England team that started the 1966...