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

WALKING WITH DINOSAURS? IN THE ’70S IT WAS WISER TO RUN. DIRECTOR KEVIN CONNOR REMEMBERS THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT

A liberal thinker about the American century

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

This could be a big month for a little man, given that is now 60 years since Action Man first came on parade. Manufactured by Palitoy of Coalville, Leicestershire, the moulded plastic “action figure”

The article on the battle against U-boats in the Second World War in the November issue omitted perhaps the most important episode. That was the part played by the late Joe Baker-Cresswell of Bamburgh