It was just over 100 years ago, on Christmas Eve 1925, when we first met one of the most famous bears in literature. The London Evening News featured a story called The Wrong Sort of Bees, beginning w

WITH his floppy hat, duffle coat and suitcase full of marmalade sandwiches, Paddington is one of the most recognisable and beloved fictional characters of all time. In the stories, he was taken in by

Building model railways has been a popular pastime in Britain for more than a century now and millions of young modellers once looked forward to their monthly copy of Model Railway News. This MRN annu

Buck Up Your Ideas

A maths formula, the Spanish Armada and Madonna all take centre stage this month

Dear Simon, I was particularly interested in Sylvia Lee’s item on Cope’s Pools in Yesterday Remembered (Pools Party, December). I worked at the company’s offices in Edmonton, north London in 1966-67.