Spring 2013 marks two significant anniversaries for Alexander Pope, perhaps the most representative and alien English poet of the 18th Century.
This week, we commemorate the 70th anniversary of the celebrated Dambusters raid, one of the most daring operations carried out by the RAF during WWII.
Ben & Jerry, who were born and grew up close to each other without ever actually meeting before high school somehow, took a $5 course in ice cream making after realising their dreams of making it big in the world of bagels were unlike
This week marks the 67th anniversary of Winston Churchill's 'Iron Curtain' address (actually named 'The Sinews of Peace'), which he called "the most important speech of my career". And he'd given one or two of those.
The next month marks the tenth anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq, a fact that the majority of people are blissfully unaware of. It has been pushed to the back of people's minds, no longer a pressing news issue plastered all over the headlines.
Last Saturday 19th January, Superbreak, the short break specialist company that I work for, marked 30 years of operations within the travel industry. ...
If you watched Bridget Jones's Diary back in 2001, it wasn't entirely clear whether matters had gotten better, or worse, for women in the centuries si...
Le Grand Meaulnes is a novel best read by a man of youth and innocence, as it would be impossible for those who have become immune to life's tragedies, where the rawness of that first lost love has faded into the mists of time, to ever resonate quite so deeply and fall under its spell in such a tremendous way.
Paul Bernstock and Thelma Speirs have been designing hats together since 1982. To mark their 30th Anniversary the pair are showcasing pieces from the ...
The form of the protest was always unsustainable, and a movement that seeks to represent 99% of people will always have its work cut out if it has already alienated 80%. The reality is that even when compared to other left wing movements the numbers were miniscule.
You might also have thought that after fifty years, the Catholic Church would have reached a fixed mind as to the significance of the Council. Not so either. Its consequences are contested, its nature, continuity or break with the past disputed, and all subject to opposing interpretations. Zhou Enlai's assessment of the French Revolution applies: "too early to tell".
On 5 October 1962, two culturally momentous events took place on the same day. No-one at the time would have possessed the foresight to scan ahead 50 years, and envision the impact these two titans might have upon the world; how could they? It was just another movie release, and just another debut single from a rhythm and blues band. Except, of course, that movie was a certain 'Dr No'; and that song was 'Love Me Do' by The Beatles.
With all the stress of the first Presidential debate on Wednesday night, Barack Obama still did not forget another important occasion on October 3rd -...
Saturday 15 September marks four years since the fall of the Lehman brothers, the beginning of the economic crisis. Seeing and experiencing how the economic system has caused pain and sorrow for many people around the world, we cannot forget, however, that it was once intended for something good and to benefit everybody. With the economy as well as our day-to-day lives, we have to remember to combine the qualities of compassion and wisdom with everything we do.
Stopping smoking in enclosed public spaces, banning cigarette vending machines, hiding tobacco displays in shops and supermarkets; legislation has achieved good things over the last five years. But let's not sing in the rain just yet, we should be striving for an even brighter future.
David Cameron paid a personal tribute to the soldiers, sailors and airmen who gave their lives to liberate the Falkland Islands. Making his first v...
It’s hard to believe that it’s been a year since the 9.0 magnitude earthquake sent a tsunami raging towards North Eastern Japan, leaving destructi...
A counselling service originally set up by Richard Branson in West London, is celebrating its first year anniversary as a registered charity this week.
Wednesday marks the one-year anniversary of the Christchurch earthquake in New Zealand, which killed 185 people and reduced the city to rubble. The...
One year on from the start of the revolution in Libya, Prime Minister David Cameron has promised that the UK would continue to support the country as ...
Our poetry now is the realisation that we possess nothing. 2012 does not only mark the hundredth anniversary of the fall of the Qing Dynasty, and the...
Today is the 48th birthday of a television show that I can truly say changed my life - Doctor Who.
Karl Lagerfeld? So last season (apparently). Blake Lively has officially become designer muse for another of the fashion world's big hitters - helping...
PRESS ASSOCIATION -- Military veterans and their families are due to gather for a service to mark the 90th anniversary of the Royal British Legion. ...
