by David West | Nov 2, 2024 | News
The 2nd of November seems to have been an interesting day for media in the past. In 1924 the Sunday Express printed the first British crossword puzzle, and in 1936 the BBC started the first regular high definition television broadcast from Alexandra Palace. This...
by David West | Nov 1, 2024 | News
I have posted recently about dining with Harold MacMillan, well we were in the same room, if not on the same table. Events, dear boy, events, was a saying of his, describing the susceptibility of plans to unexpected events. In the vast scope of history, certain dates...
by David West | Oct 31, 2024 | News
As any reader of Fire and Earth, the second book in the Sir Anthony Standen Adventures, will know I don’t believe in ghosts. But it’s Halloween, so I’ll blog about it. Halloween, or more correctly (according to Chambers) Hallowe’en, celebrated on October 31st, is a...
by David West | Oct 30, 2024 | News
I posted recently about the pencil, so why not celebrate the ballpoint pen which was patented on 30th October 1888, by John J Loud. I know what you’re thinking, wasn’t it Lázló Biró who invented the ballpoint pen? John J. Loud was a Harvard trained lawyer with a...
by David West | Oct 29, 2024 | News
I usually volunteer to keep the scorecard when playing golf. However sometimes I make mistakes. Despite having three ‘A’ levels in maths and a degree in engineering science, I sometimes joke that maths has nothing to do with numbers. Perhaps it’s the writer in me, but...
