Last Sunday, 2 November, marked 130 years since the first appearance of ‘a journal published in the interests of the mechanically propelled road carriage’ in Britain. The Autocar was created in a peri

This month’s story, ‘The Curious Case of Davidson’s Eyes’ by HG Wells, has a superficially simple premise. But, as we’ll see, that premise throws up a lot of conundrums in the course of the narrative.

FOR BETTER OR WORSE, ADVANCEMENTS IN TECH ARE TRANSFORMING OUR TRIPS. WE LOOK AT THE DEVELOPMENTS AND HOW THEY MIGHT SHAPE THE FUTURE.

Technology has transformed sailing, but was the past better or worse? Andy Du Port shares his views

These devices made recorded music accessible, portable and collectable

We’ve been using matches for 200 years–but, as Rob Crossan discovers, the story of how they came to be is far more colourful (and hair-raising) than we might imagine