Saint Andrew is celebrated and remembered on the 30th November, most famously in Scotland, but what do we know about him as a historical figure? The truth is, not an awful lot in real detail, albeit with one note to say Andrew has a name that means “manly” in Greek....
There were an estimated 1.72 billion television households worldwide in 2021. However, despite this having grown from 1.47 billion in 2010 and being expected to surpass 1.8 billion in 2026, media consumption is definitely changing. According to a report from Ofcom,...
To celebrate Children’s Book week, here I give a run down of my favourite 5 children’s books of all time, and the meaning you can find in them. The Very Hungry Caterpillar (1969) The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a 1969 children’s picture book, designed, illustrated, and...
It’s that time of year again. Dark nights, pumpkins-a-plenty, the excitement of firework displays bubbling away, with other winter celebrations just around the corner. As the year goes on, time is often marked by specific events, such as Easter, Diwali and Christmas –...
The golden glow of carved pumpkin faces, ghoulish costumes aplenty and trick and treaters knocking at the door. Halloween is almost here again. But where did it originate? Halloween is a shortened form of All Hallows’ Eve, an occasion observed on October 31, the...
Most people have heard of the Salem witch trials. But what exactly happened? This Halloween, let’s delve into this sinister bit of history. A Culture Of Fear It all began in the rural American village of Salem (what is now Danvers), Massachusetts in the late 1600s....
