He couldn’t read his own name until he was 18. Then he built the technology that shrank the planet. George Stephenson was born in a two-room cottage in Wylam, Northumberland, on 9 June 1781. There [more…]
A Sunderland chemist beat Edison by a year, accidentally invented synthetic fabric, lit up the world’s first electrically-powered street, and still got written out of history. It’s time to set the record straight. If you [more…]
A solicitor-turned-engineer who built the world’s first smart home, sold weapons to everyone, championed solar power, and became the richest man in Britain. Sound familiar? If you pitched Lord Armstrong’s life story to a Hollywood [more…]
After a rather extended respite hiatus, welcome back, my friends, to the show that never ends… wending our way through the elements and the Groups of the Periodic Table (a.k.a. the Periodic Table of the [more…]
Now I’m no greenie, no time for all that net-zero nonsense and Mad Ed’s delusions, but I do have green tech, because it suits me and my particular circumstances. I have solar panels and 16kwh [more…]
The perception of normal human distress has undergone a dramatic transformation over the past three decades. What were previously thought of as everyday anxieties – such as worries about work, finance, relationships, health and the [more…]
It’s now 1:30 am 10th April …………..a couple of hours after Mrs. C. and Mrs. Bessie Mate finished their 2hr conversation/catch up on the phone…………………Mrs. Bessie Mate lives nought but 5 mins walk away… The [more…]
Sometimes the smallest purchases make the biggest difference. In a world obsessed with big upgrades and expensive solutions, it’s often the cheap, cheerful items that quietly transform everyday life. From clever kitchen tools to simple [more…]
I’ve been meaning to tell you this for a while, but real life keeps interrupting. One’s pen’s been distracted by a diminishing Navy, war in the Gulf, Question Times, Holy Week and even the installation [more…]
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