In the 1930s, Britain's Ministry of Transport built an extensive network of bike highways around the country—at least 280 miles of paved, protected...
Birmingham pupils to be taught about bravery of Indian troops - and then interview their descendants
A character for a commission, I was pleased with how he turned out.
S/Lt Henry W "Harry" Beggs was attached to the RAF on 15 June 1940, and after converting to the Hurricane Mk I at No 7 OTU at RAF Hawarden joined No 151 Squadron RAF at RAF Martlesham Heath on 1 July. The 23-year-old airman was among 12 naval pilots who scored at least 1 enemy aircraft, with 5 becoming aces. He was brought down in combat over Dover on 6 August and crashed at Shorncliffe, wounded.
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Dambusters veteran Johnny Johnson tells the RAF Benevolent Fund what Wing Commander Guy Gibson was like.
Information about and images of Crieff in Perthshire on Undiscovered Scotland.
Two organisations step in to save the service operating out of the more than 300-year-old property.
'Few people are aware 1.5 million Indians fought – that there were men in turbans in the same trenches as the Tommies'
Newcastle-based photo archivist Aaron Guy has stumbled on an amazing trove of street photographs which capture the city's Victorian residents going about their daily lives.
The Forgotten Rulers of Britain
Leading Luftwaffe and Battle of Britain historian Chris Goss pays tribute to the ‘forgotten’ casualties of the Battle of Britain – the RAF ground crew personnel
Peter Laszlo Peri’s ‘Sunbathers’ sculpture was forgotten for decades after the Festival of Britain. It may be unfashionable, but it’s still fascinating
Grosvenor Britain & Ireland has secured planning permission for the £500m redevelopment of South Molton Triangle’s “forgotten backstreets”…
The women who once lived on Hadrian’s Wall are often forgotten. We asked curator Frances McIntosh to explain what life for women in Roman Britain was like.
During World War II over 400,000 Germans and Italians were held in prison camps in Britain. These men played a vital part in the life of war-torn Britain, from working in the fields to repairing bomb-damaged homes. Yet despite the role they played, today it is almost forgotten that Britain once held PoWs. For those […]
Nostalgic images captured in black and white over the past 60 years, on display at a Reading museum, provide a dazzling insight into a long lost, almost forgotten rural tradition in Britain.
Women swarm with flowers. Men hide beneath enormous feathered headdresses. These images look like something from a forgotten past – or a more surreal future – but they are all taken in modern day Britain
George Orwell thought they were ‘sex maniacs’. They thought they were spiritual samurai, rebuilding Britain after the Great War. With their magical rituals, outdoor living and utopian vision, they are the most fascinating of forgotten youth movements – and their ideas still resonate
As I quickly surveyed the garden lawn this evening and contemplated getting the mower out, I noticed an odd orange shape in the grass. A closer look revealed it to be a smallish toadstool, though it appears that one of the kids (or their football) found it first as it was snapped off at the base and tipped over. It was a gonner anyway as I did mow the lawn. Anyway, I'm no expert but after reference to my newly acquired spotters guide (Collins Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and Europe) I think this is probably Hygrocybe nigresecens which appears to be mildly poisonous. I used the family happy-snappy Cybershot to get the above, and when I browsed the memory card on the PC I found a few images from the Birdfair back in August that I'd completely forgotten about - including more fungi that despite reference to the book I have no idea about (LBJs of the fungal world I guess). Also found this on the card which I've just realised is (one-legged) Roesel's Bush-cricket ... Whilst I'm uploading images, here's the Blair's Shoulder-knot from the last garden trap outing.
