‘alfred was a cinema pioneer’

Is it possible, after years of hunkering down at home with our screens and streams, that British audiences are learning to love cinema again? Ticket sales in 2024 were the highest since 2019, with a g

Your interesting feature about the role of medieval warhorses in shaping British history (August) reminded me of a subsequent occasion in which horsepower became a critical factor. In April 1660, with

Somehow, it isn’t hard to imagine the scene of battle here, even on a sultry July morning when only the distant growl of a motorbike interrupts the crooning of collared doves. Perhaps it is the quiet.

This year sees the celebrations marking the 200th anniversary of the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, the world’s first steam-worked passenger line. It is an occasion to reflect on the

Museum of Liverpool /13 September 2025-29 March 2026 / liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Bronze Age gold, Viking silver hoards and Roman coins (above) star in a spectacular display of archaeological treasure. S

BY 1890 we were seeing developments in the “Friend” in the form of illustrations. While pictorial content was rare in the magazine pre-1890, we see it become commonplace throughout this year, livening