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COOL CATS

François Prins looks back over 100 years of Jaguar Cars, one of Britain’s best-loved marques, which started life as a manufacturer of sidecars

POSTCARD FROM SOMERSET

While taking a tranquil, traffic-free cycle ride through the countryside, Bob Barton discovers that the chocolate box south-western county wasn’t always so peaceful

Lighting Up Our Lives

Clive Beautyman shines a light on the history of the lava lamp, a British design classic, which was launched almost 60 years ago

A Real Dead Ringer

Simon Stabler speaks to actor, comedian and impressionist Jon Culshaw

ALL IS SAFELY GATHERED IN

Harvest time memories from The Francis Frith Collection

You Lucky People!

In the first of a two-part series, Robert Ross looks back on 100 years of BBC comedy, starting with 1922-71

Iced Dreams

Angeline Wilcox uncovers the history of Britain's frozen favourite

"The story of a ship"

Chris Hallam looks back on the making of In Which We Serve, probably the best British film about World War Two to be made during the conflict itself

Green Goddess

A rare Daimler is on public display at the British Motor Museum. François Prins admires its rich and glamorous history

Widow’s Peak

Chris Hallam profiles the stage and screen career of Dame Joan Plowright

LAWRENCE of THE SORTING OFFICE

John Wright on the famous faces who once delivered the post

Sculpture Town

Susan Brewer takes a tour of Harlow’s exceptional collection of public artworks

MORE THAN JUST CHUCKLES IN CHURCH

Martin Handley remembers Derek Nimmo who, although best known for portraying bumbling clerics, did so much more on stage and screen

A CLASS ACT IN EVERY WAY

On the centenary of her birth, Robert Ross celebrates the prodigious talent of character actress Marianne Stone who squeezed maximum fun from minor roles

POSTCARD FROM EAST YORKSHIRE

Bob Barton enjoys visiting the cheeky, extrovert uncle, and the refined but eccentric maiden aunt of the East Riding as well as the “Land’s End of Yorkshire”

REMEMBERING THE FEW

Malcolm Triggs delves into the archives to uncover fascinating facts about some of those who played a significant role in the Battle of Britain

Joining the Breakfast Club

Simon Stabler does his bit to fight food waste

No Ordinary Joe

Simon Stabler speaks to Emmerdale and Doctor Who star Frazer Hines

WHAT GREAT PAINTINGS SAY

A visual representation of the anxiety felt by the artist on a busy night in Oslo, this piece was a pivotal moment in his creative outpouring

It can appear as a 'golden age' - and one subject to much mythology

DR JOHN JACOB WOOLF ON THE LEGACY OF THE EDWARDIAN ERA

WORKERS AT WAR

In 1911, overworked and underpaid Britons downed tools and led the biggest industrial dispute the nation had ever seen

FORGOTTEN CONTRIBUTIONS

Lola Jaye reveals how Britain's black population helped to shape the Edwardian period - from medicine to politics

BREAKING THE GLASS CEILING

The Edwardian era saw countless courageous women rise up and shatter social mores - at home, at work and in public life

A Man of the Ages

Despite his love of the finer things in life, King Edward VII was a skilled and devoted ruler who modernised Britain's monarchy

MOVING WITH THE TIMES

While a rigid class system still remained, daily life was paved with exciting new opportunities for Edwardian Britons

6 THINGS YOU (PROBABLY) DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT ROMAN WOMEN

From breastfeeding to unusual beauty regimes, classicist Dr Annelise Freisenbruch reveals what life was really like for the wives, mothers and daughters of ancient Rome

Constance Markievicz's fight for a free Ireland

In 1916, the countess took up arms in a bid to rid Ireland of British rule, and later made political history as the first woman to win a seat at Westminster. But what shaped Constance Markievicz's beliefs?

The Benin Bronzes

IN A NUTSHELL

PARANORMAL COLD CASE

INVESTIGATING HISTORY'S MOST SPINE-CHILLING ENCOUNTERS

The Great Tea Race comes to a thrilling end

THIS MONTH... 1866