20th Century
Remembering
As Puffins may already know, it was my birthday last week. The hints were heavy and even segued into a review of French New Wave cinema – like me, a conveniently early 1960s phenomenon. Thank [more…]
History
20th Century
A History of Pop Music – Albums 1974
Featured Album: Bay City Rollers – Rollin This is a series of articles looking at albums from 1960 to whatever year we end up in. I will select a featured album for each year and [more…]
20th Century
The Fastest Airliner You’ve Never Heard Of
Well here we are for the second part of this series of interesting aeroplanes you’ve probably never heard of. There’s quite a few good candidates for these articles and a few which stand out particularly [more…]
15th Century
Cecily Neville: Keeping Up with the Yorkists
Cecily Neville was a Neville of Raby who married into the House of York, gave birth to two kings of England and outlived every one of her sons. Along the way she was accused of [more…]
Arts
A View From (A Cathedral Miles Away From)The Greenhouse; Burt Opens Up!
Although a little reluctant to visit in the beginning, I found the installation of the sculpture “Museum Of The Moon” inside Carlisle Cathedral an interesting thing to visit. However, I found the Treasury Vault (housed [more…]
History
The battle to publish “Ulysses”
The picture houses of the world are currently alive with Christopher Nolan’s cinematic offering of ‘The Odyssey’ – the ancient Greek epic, written by Homer in the eighth century BC, a story that continues to [more…]
14th Century
Harry Hotspur: The Reckless Alnwick Knight Who Outlived His Own Death
Shakespeare made him famous. The Scots gave him his nickname, which a well-known football club adopted 500 years later. This is the story of a man who lived his life in maximum gear throughout… accelerating [more…]
20th Century
From Then To Now
Late autumn 1962 was good to culture. The first James Bond film opened in London on 5 October. The French New Wave was at its height with the release of Cléo de 5 à 7 [more…]
20th Century
A History of Pop Music – Albums 1973
Featured Album: Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon This is a series of articles looking at albums from 1960 to whatever year we end up in. I will select a featured album for [more…]