Trains, Planes, Ships & Cars: The Golden Age 1900-1941 James Hamilton-Paterson Head of Zeus £30 Rating: Ah, the Golden Age of Travel! This is not a book to be read while you are standing cooped-up on a crowded staircase for ten minutes as part of Ryanair’s ‘Priority Boarding’. In James Hamilton-Paterson’s judgment, the Golden Age … Read more
BOOK OF THE WEEK A WORLD OF MY OWN by Sir Robin Knox-Johnston (Adlard Coles £10.99, 256 pp) We live in a world of maximum connectivity, where you can sit in Abu Dhabi and do keyhole surgery on someone in Aberdeen; where a Twitter frenzy in Kenilworth can be picked up in seconds in Kyoto; … Read more
Wonder Woman actor Lyle Waggoner, who was also on The Carol Burnett Show for seven years and worked on Fantasy Island, dies at age 84 By Heidi Parker For Dailymail.com Published: 18:57 GMT, 17 March 2020 | Updated: 18:57 GMT, 17 March 2020 One of the great staples on TV in the 1960s and 1079s, … Read more
Macho men who conform to male gender roles are more likely to struggle and be isolated in old age, researchers have warned. Toxic masculinity – an attitude that incorporates a belief in ‘real men’ – impacts men’s social relationships, health, well-being and overall happiness, the study found. A sociologist at Michigan State University said that … Read more
Mark Twain once said: ‘Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.’ In the spirit of the great American writer … Read more