Time was, in the early 1970s, summer would have meant that abandoned Second World War airfields would have hosted an invasion of hairy outlaws, organising free festivals of free love and expensive scrumpy. Nine times out of 10, the lineup of...
As this issue hits the newsstands, I will have been at Best of British for 15 years. Although there have been many changes behind the scenes (we got taken over just six months after I started), the magazine is largely the same as it has always been.
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...
Remembering the summer of 1976 On Saturday 19 June 1976, rain stopped play during a critical Test match between England and the West Indies. This was not an unusual event in itself, but it would turn out to be some of the last rain Britons...
Classic television on Freeview, satellite, cable and online. The Narrowing Circle (1955) (Monday 1 June, 10.10am) Crime. Director: Charles Saunders. Starring: Paul Carpenter, Hazel Court and Russell Napier. A writer is passed over for...
Walter Winterbottom, the football manager who was ahead of his time. During the 1950 World Cup in Brazil, pre-tournament favourites England were unexpectedly beaten 1-0 by an unfancied USA side in what has been described as one of...
