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QWhich country was the first to give women the right to vote? ANew Zealand was the first to enfranchise adult women when it came to voting. The landmark move was made in 1893, following attempts to ch

When I was aged 10, the farmers used to come round the schools to pick volunteers to work on the farms during the summer holidays, mainly to help bring in the harvest. The country was still building u

1953 SCOOP Ah – them were the days! I bought my copy of Scoop at Hurleys, a wonderful but now extinct little department store half way between Balham and Tooting Bec. Just look at that box lid! Remini

FT has covered these a number of times, with one of the earliest and most disastrous examples taking place in Hammersmith in 1804 (see FT296:42-45, 310:30-35, 452:16-18). Then a semi-rural village on

It all started with an argument. One day in November 1951, Sir Hugh Beaver enjoyed a shooting session in County Wexford, south-east Ireland. The quarrel arose over a discussion which developed among S

Dear Simon, The history of Pitman shorthand told by Angeline Wilcox in the July edition of Best of British (Write on Time) evoked so many memories. I was amazed to learn that Isaac Pitman actually cre