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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... (2369 words)All in the month of AUGUST
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... (729 words)The infamous Berlin Wall
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... (287 words)When John Lennon said the Beatles were ‘more popular than Jesus’
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... (311 words)The Story of Apple Inc
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... (265 words)Things to know about the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
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... (201 words)National Allotment Week – 10th to 16th August
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... (213 words)Where are we all?
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... (96 words)
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