“give us the money!”

Our pick of your best letters and some wise words from our favourite stars…

30 AUGUST

Ah, 1985: heart of the decade of Cold War superpowers and Dayglo socks. The year of Marty McFly and Back to the Future – “You made a time machine – out of a DeLorean?” Dodgy Sylvester Stallone action

THE INSIDE STORY

Our round-up of the funny, fascinating and unusual stories this fortnight

It was at 7.15pm on Thursday 22 September 1955 that the greatest commercial television event appeared on screens in the London area. As screens flickered the first images, most of the 200,000 viewers