A snapshot from scotland

RESEARCHERS at Findmypast have embarked on a project to recognise and highlight the contributions of an estimated 68 million women who might otherwise go unrecognised historical records. Findmypast fo

It was a Saturday night in Scotland to remember: 31 August 1957. Scottish living rooms flickered to life just after 6pm, with something brand new; Independent Television. The first spectacular night b

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

A clock that first struck the hour as ...

(Photograph taken around 1960) Well, 1957 arrived and, having deliberately fluffed two 11-plus exams to avoid Bala Grammar School, I attended Corwen Secondary School. We were told that we were the fir

If the most prized commodity in the 20th century was oil, in the 21st it is data. It is both our humdrum reality and our anxious obsession. It tracks everything from which online advertisements we are