‘The Happiest Days of your Life’ (1950) is a total joy to watch.   This is because it showcases three of my all time favourite film stars –...

I remember Edwinstowe with dry fern frondsAs a flared child I was tucked, squeezedInto the open throat of the Major OakI forced down my doubts to try to believe thatRobin Hood lived here.The widesp…

‘The Weak and the Wicked’ (1954) has joined my list of must-see films. It stars Glynis Johns as a well-heeled lady who comes a-cropper du...

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The magazine 'Fancy Needlework Illustrated' was introduced in around 1906 (the 3rd edition was published in March 1907). It was the officia...

A T.E.B. Clark Ealing comedy directed by Charles Crichton - a delicious confection. Set in a post-war London looking, in the words of Graham Greene about another capital city, 'knocked about a bit', a...

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‘The Long Memory’ (1953) stars John Mills as a man newly released from prison.   He has served twelve years for a crime that we learn h...

‘Carry on Nurse’ (1959), the second film in the series, is perhaps most well known for that final scene with the daffodil thermometer.  I’v...

Demand-based pricing isn't working for rail passengers. But this year brings a unique opportunity to fix fares for good, writes our Head of Campaigns, Michael Solomon Williams...