Articles...
Dec 1 2008
NOBODY has provided me with evidence of this, but, on the basis that nothing’s new, it wouldn’t surprise me to learn that the ancient Chinese had invented the plastic credit card 3,000 years ago....
Nov 24 2008
A SIMPLE slogan can stick so easily in the mind, sometimes long after its purpose has disappeared. So it is with the phrase “That’s the wonder of Woolies”....
Nov 17 2008
IT’S always been a pleasure to share the National Anthem with the Prince of Wales when it’s unfailingly played before the 7am Radio 4 news on my birthday, which coincidentally is his, too....
Nov 5 2008
Eric Wise went from being desk-bound to Moscow-bound, after switching his radio career for a job guiding rail tours. Peter Elson climbs aboard to hear more...
Nov 3 2008
IT IS an intriguing literary game to muse who inspired the great figures in fiction, portraits so secure that they must have been drawn from life....
Oct 31 2008
WITH Britons now quaffing wine as an essential part of their mealtime enjoyment, perhaps we should all raise our next glass to Sir Guy Fison, Bt. He played an important part in wine’s phenomenal growth in the British market over the last 30 years....
Oct 29 2008
IN THREE generations, Frank Walbank’s family climbed from manual work to the highest academic achievement in the study of ancient history....
Oct 27 2008
WE’RE only three- quarters through 2008, but I’m ready to nominate my man of the year....
Oct 22 2008
For the first time since the Daily Post campaigned to save Edward Chambré Hardman’s photographic archive, a major exhibition will be devoted to his work. Peter Elson reports...
Oct 18 2008
Phil Disley is drawing himself an international reputation from a Liverpool back room. Peter Elson reports...
