ENTERPRISING Fred Farley was the first person in the Midlands to receive TV pictures from London’s Alexandra Palace transmitter in the summer of 1946.Read
IN JUST nine days’ time it will be the tenth anniversary of 9/11, the event which has arguably done more than any other to shape the 21st century as we know it.Read
EVERY now and then when a film opens with a National Lottery symbol you just know that by the end you’ll be wondering why it hasn’t been bookended with a sign from the Devil instead.Read
IF YOU’VE ever been on safari to a place like West Midland Safari Park, you’ll know what it’s like to be in a vehicle with a few rhinos close by in the same field.Read
TWENTY nine years after he first hosted the BBC WM lunchtime show, Ed Doolan is handing over the reins to Adrian Goldberg – the local lad he inspired to go into radio.Read
THE popular perception is that the National Memorial Arboretum is a place to remember those who gave up their lives in wartime and other conflicts.Read
FED up with all of the foul- mouthed, gross-out Hollywood comedies and yearning for a drama which might actually mean something long after the end credits have rolled?Read
THE big problem most cinema-goers probably have with the added expense of the 3D craze is that so few films are even trying to make the most of the added depth at critical times in a story.Read
AS WELL as collecting your 3D glasses (if you haven’t saved your own pair already), you’ll need a scratch and sniff card to try to make the most of this ‘4D aromascope’ experience.Read
Award-winning Film Editor Graham Young has covered the Midlandsý radio and TV scene for two decades. The father of three is also the Mailýs reviewer of pubs, parks, family days out and chips and a keen photographer.
