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

SFX’s time machine hurls us back to a random month once again

LEARNING IS FUN The cast of the CBeebies ...

I lived in Walsall when I was growing up and I still go back to see my dad, who’s in his 90s. It was a bustling place, there was a thriving market life. Every Saturday, me and my mates would walk thro

BRENT, NORTH LONDON

→ When John Logie Baird demonstrated the first working television set in 1926, a theatre impresario was so worried about the impact on the West End that he offered the scientist £1,000 to throw his de