Rapscallion Magazine: updated – Notes on an enduring love for Dinbych-y-pysgod (Tenby)
It all began with a copy of the Radio Times. Harry Mottram saw an advert for a cheap week in…
Rapscallion Magazine: Game of Empires – if Russia can bag Ukraine and USA can grab Greenland then Britain can seize New York and Spain Texas – it’s the 21st century power game
By Harry Mottram: Welcome to the 19th century, remade in the 21st century when the great powers feel entitled to…
Bath Voice News: And then there were five – former Labour man becomes ‘the fifth man’ and stands as an independent in the race to replace Dan Norris as the Metro Mayor on May 1st
February 17, 2025 By Harry Mottram: It’s now a five way fight to succeed Dan Norris as the Metro Mayor or…
Bath Voice Music News: Nostalgic album of lesser known local bands from Bristol and Bath of the 1980s released
By Harry Mottram: During the 1980s there were a number of bands from Bristol and Bath that nearly made it…
Axbridge Review – looking back to the 1930s when 400 men, steam power and picks and shovels built Cheddar Reservoir in the shadow of the Second World War
By Harry Mottram: It was the year the National Grid was completed and the classic London Underground map designed by…
Bath Voice Sports News: Bath’s Oli Lawrence levels the scores at Twickenham with a try putting England back in the game with eventual victory over France in the Six Nations in a classic battle with Les Bleus
February 9, 2025 By Harry Mottram: In one of the most exciting contests ever played between England and France at Twickenham,…
ICSM Manufacturing News: Death of a brand – Royal Stafford pottery enters administration – suppliers and staff left high and dry
By Harry Mottram: One of the UK’s most famous firms has entered administration with little hope of finding a buyer or…
ICSM Business News: Trump’s tariffs will hit world trade as the UK braces for the economic aftershocks
By Harry Mottram: The old saying that if America sneezes Britain catches a cold is likely to hold true over the…
Axbridge Review: the town’s new heritage trail textile hanging is hailed as ‘beautiful’ and ‘awesome’ as funds are raised to display it permanently in the parish church
By Harry Mottram: Residents viewed the new Axbridge Heritage Trail textile hanging displayed in the town hall at the weekend…
ICSM Business News: Chancellor promises Heathrow’s third runway but there are many infrastructure plans she doesn’t mention including reopening railway branch lines like the Strawberry Line for commuters
By Harry Mottram: A promise of 100,000 jobs and billions pumped into the economy sounds just what the flat lining British…