It was on August 23, 1923 that the first of the Swindon-built Castle Class of GWR locomotives went into service.
Adver columnist Graham Carter on the joys of a traditional pub.
It seems that I have become a bit of a dissectologist.
Every Mother’s Day I like to remind myself of my late mother’s way with words.
I invite you to discover (as I recently have) the important work of John Koenig.
I have compiled a list of 23 things I learned from attending the recent Festival of Tomorrow in Swindon.
Millions of words and hundreds of books have been written about Swindon’s history (and I’ve written a few of them), but last week I was reminded that if you look deeply into the town’s past, the same words keep coming up.
I have been thinking about teachers, but not because their striking has put them in the headlines.
Listen: I know everybody hates their own passport photograph, but mine is really awful.
