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The annual International Dylan Thomas Day, on which the memory of the Welsh poet and writer is remembered, takes place on 14 May. Born in 1914 in Swansea, his father was a schoolteacher with his own literary aspirations, and his middle name of...
The nearest I get to watching the Eurovision Song Contest these days is pointing the remote control at the screen to change channels the moment I hear the opening notes of Te Deum. In fact, the last time I sat down to watch the programme in...
What Sherborne School made of a celebrated codebreaker. On 5 May 1926, more than 24 hours late, an untidylooking, fresh-faced, 13 year-old boy freewheeled into Sherborne School. In the General Strike, Alan Turing cycled 63 miles from...
A selection of recent gems and a preview of auctions to come. Every week at auction houses up and down the country, a varied host of collectables are put up for sale at general and specialist events, offering everything from top-end...
Classic television on Freeview, satellite, cable and online.
Behind the scenes of the 1996 Doctor Who TV movie. ‘Anywhere in time and space?!” That was my reaction, on Saturday 27 May 1996, when I was introduced to the concept of Doctor Who, the science fiction institution which, due to its...
A tribute to Rob Grant, co-creator of Red Dwarf. The story begins in deep space, four million years in the future. With its human crew long dead after a cataclysmic radiation leak, there are nevertheless still a few signs of life on the now...
Celebrating a Birmingham theatre’s special birthday. The Alexandra Theatre in Birmingham city centre will be 125 years old this month. Originally opened as the Lyceum Theatre on 27 May 1901, the theatre was designed by local architects...
