The decade that saw great leaps for gadgets, and Furbies too

Our columnist was fond of the days between Christmas and the new year for many reasons

Renting a film to watch with friends or family used to be a weekend ritual – but you had to get in early if it was popular!

The most searched-for words and people might surprise you Isn’t it amazing how quickly we just accept a new way of doing things? Back in the 1990s the word googol meant nothing unless you were an adva

I wonder how many of you watched a TV programme that dealt with the awful winter of 1947? It was fascinating for me to watch because it brought back so many memories of the dreadful time for my parent

I could justifiably claim this year to have been a professional actor for 70 years. In 1956, when I was just 13, I was recruited to play the imaginary son of Eleanor Summerfield, the star of a Granada