Take a stroll along Islington’s Upper Street any evening of the week and you’ll find gourmet restaurants and wine bars buzzing with activity. At a time when hospitality businesses in other parts of Britain are struggling as consumers cut back on spending, in this north London the suburb […]
Sitting with Bristol City fans at the Reebok Stadium in Bolton at the weekend, I saw first hand the dedication that football supporters have for their teams. While I was up in the Manchester area anyway for a weekend away with friends, for many travelling up to see […]
It can be all too easy to make snap judgements as to whether personalities of today and from the past are good or bad. Sometimes with only a little information about an individual’s character, we feel we can make comprehensive assessments and come out with bold statements. History […]
Dr Pamela Cox’s excellent social history series, Servants: Life Below Stairs, ended this weekend with a brief glimpse into paid domestic service in Britain today. Once it was widespread for families from the middle classes upwards to have live in staff to keep their homes in order, but […]
In an age where people jet off around the world to far flung destinations and the parallel popularity of the British ‘staycation’, the idea of a week in the sun with a fixed price for flight and accommodation seems a thing of the past. But package holidays are […]
Bristolians now have the option of paying for goods and services at over 350 firms in their city with the Bristol Pound. The new scheme, the UK’s largest’s alternative to sterling, aims to boost trade in the local economy. But just how innovative is it for Bristol to […]
Past In The Present 