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The first time I heard of Ignrid Pitt, once a Hammer horror star, was when I came across her obituaries this week. In a radio programme, I...

  You can keep the Metropolitan, Piccadilly or Circle Lines, along with the Central, Bakeloo, Jubilee and Victoria Lines. To me, in the ...

Leave Luton towards the South and within ten minutes by car you get to Harpenden. It’s the next town, but it’s in a different world. Luton...

My friend Ian has pointed out to me a shocking omission in my last post on memorable events : I failed to mention the recently announced eng...

Certain moments are iconic. And it’s become a received expression to sum them up by saying ‘you’ll never forget where you were or what you w...

The elegant use of language has always struck me as a highly desirable goal. I don’t claim to achieve it all that often, but I always aim fo...

Into our second month living in Luton, having left the region in 1995, I can say that it’s been fascinating getting to know the town again. ...