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All in the month of November Remembering the National Service – 60 years on Re-Enchantment Remembering the first heart transplant surgeon</strong King Charles’ celebrates his 75th birthday Remembering T S Eliot – poet extraordinaire C S Lewis – remembering the creator of the Chronicles of Narnia Pothole breakdowns have soared ** Editor:  We continue our...

It was: 100 years ago: on 8th Nov 1923 that Christian Barnard, South African cardiac surgeon was born. He carried out the first successful human heart transplant in 1967. (Died 2001.) Also 100 years ago, on 11th Nov 1923 that the eternal flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier under the Arc de Triomphe...

This year marks 60 years since the end of National Service. The Royal British Legion and the nation will be celebrating all that a generation of young men did for this country during those years, when conscription became just a part of growing up. National Service drew in a staggering number of young men –...

If you have a craving for feelings of awe and wonder, you are not alone. When the huge American advertising agency, Wunderman Thomson surveyed 3,000 adults in the UK, USA and China, they found 75% said they ‘just want to feel something, to feel alive’. So, they wrote a report for the benefit of their commercial clients,...

100 years ago this month, on 8th November 1923, Christian Barnard, the South African cardiac surgeon, was born. He made history when he carried out the first successful human heart transplant in 1967. Barnard qualified in medicine at the University of Cape Town in 1946. After practising for several years in Cape Town, he moved...

King Charles was born 75 years ago this month, on 14th November 1948, at Buckingham Palace in London. He was the longest-serving monarch-in-waiting in British history and did not ascend the throne until he was 73, following the death of his mother in September 2022. Charles was crowned in the first coronation in seven decades,...

75 years ago this month, on 4th November 1948, an American-born British poet and playwright, T S Eliot, won the Nobel Prize for Literature. His influence on modern poetry was so profound that he has been hailed as one of the major poets of the 20th century. T S Eliot was a poet, essayist, publisher,...

It was 60 years ago this month, on 22nd November, that the famous writer C S Lewis died.  This Irish-born British academic, novelist and literary critic is best known for his novels on The Chronicles of Narnia, and his books on Christian apologetics. Clive Staples Lewis was born in Belfast November 1898. He arrived in...

The soaring number of pothole-related breakdowns has been blamed on Britain’s wet summer. There are increasing calls for councils to fix the roads before winter. This past July was the UK’s sixth wettest on record, according to Met Office figures. The AA says that this would have made potholes even harder to spot, in time...

Have you ever been at home, and suddenly smelled something burning in the house?  Most of us react to it immediately – fires spread quickly! Well, now the National Trust has installed ‘electronic noses’ on a Yorkshire Moor to ‘sniff’ out wildfires. The electronic sensors will detect changes in the air at the very start...

All in the month of October Remembering the Beatles A Bear called Paddington Remembering the Marshall Plan strong>The man who created those lions in Trafalgar Square Halloween – some statistics SAD people need our help and understanding ** Editor:  We continue our column that looks at memorable dates in the month (this time, October) down...

It was: 150 years ago, on 1st Oct 1873 that Edwin Landseer, artist and sculptor, died. Known for his animal paintings, and for his famous lion sculptures at the base of Nelson’s Column in London. 100 years ago, on 10th Oct 1923 that Nicholas Parsons, radio and TV game show host and actor was born. ...