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As the 2024 Paris Olympics begin, we at the British Newspaper Archive could not help but look back at the 1924 Paris Olympics, with the same city playing host to the summer Olympic Games exactly …

Thursday 25th July 2024 Here’s what King Charles III read out in his speech to both Houses of Parliament last Wednesday: “A Bill will be introduced to allow local leaders to take control of their …

James York is a member of the Beaconsfield Conservative Association and a policymaker in the insurance industry. In Julia Donaldson’s lovely story, a small snail decides to leave its community rock for a worldly adventure …

A Journey to Avebury is the name of a short silent film made by Derek Jarman made in 1971. Shot in wobbly Super 8, and saturated with burnt orange hues, it has an otherworldly eldritch …

A new children's book now available, and updates about other projects

In which my optimism about policy under the new Labour government reaches Sorkinesque levels.

When I was preparing the Post about the Town Hall, I started to write about manorial records, and their value in local history. But this was breaking up the Town Hall story too much, and …

Roger of Poitou set up Lancaster Priory, a small Benedictine monastery, by the side of Lancaster Castle. He was a Norman aristocrat at the court of King William II. In 1094, Roger was sent by …

26th July 2024 Often the criminal cases that feature prominently in the news are really not interesting from a legal(istic) perspective. One could quite happily commentate on interesting legal issues and never engage with a …

I was late. The minibus was already at the stop. I did something I very rarely do and broke into a run. I was the last one there. I was shown into a minibus that, …

I took an uncomfortably hot bus under the river and on to Prenton. Excitement was mounting as I walked along the row of shops and here it is, Bar 361:A very pleasant shop conversion with …

Balcony horticulture, 2023 The social and political after-effects of the catastrophe of the First World War included recognising that many who had sacrificed their lives had done so with little if any stake in the …

Masked Aberdeen rapper M2 is ready to make waves with the upcoming release of his second single, Local Shop The post Aberdeen rapper M2 ready to drop new track ‘Local Shop’ appeared first on POST …

April 2022 My policy on walking around islands has been consistently inconsistent. When I was walking the coast of England I went to most or all of the islands, but when I reached Scotland I …

It's incredibly irritating to have something you looked forward to enormously get derailed almost immediately. My plan for my first day in Stockholm was simple: the two southern branches of the Red Line, routes 13 …

Road walking. A mill, sheep, cattle, chickens and lot of signs to look at. Continue reading →

In 1972, the government drew up plans to construct a deportation facility off the coast of Ireland that could house as many as 70 million people - the entire population of the UK, if need …

❚ ANY FAN OF DURAN DURAN remembers the very first photographs of the band in 1980 as they finalised their line-up which was to win a recording contract by year’s end and secure their first …

My there’s a lot going on isn’t there? Even the biggest nutter for local politics wouldn’t claim our affairs are dominating consciousness. Just the moment then for the Executive to exploit the holidays and the …

Here follows the next episode of our Brittany holiday. I thought I would include here an example of Breton folk music just so you can get an idea of the kind of music we heard …