Looking Back: Memories of the Berlin Wall

Hearing the news of the commemoration of the fall of the Berlin Wall reminded me of the visit I made to that city when the Russians still controlled a large part of Germany. Read

Looking Back: When death imitates art

The vast burial space in chiswick gives the area many famous associations. Eddie Menday traces the life of one such incumbent, the artist whistler, buried alongside his wife, from whose lingering death the artist is said never to have recovered - finding his own place in st nicholas churchyard six years later.Read

Looking Back: Bo what a lovely view

Eddie Menday samples the delights of bowood house in wiltshire, the home of the Marquis of Lansdowne, which not only boasts beautiful views but also several links to Hounslow.Read

Pensions past, present... and future?

While the 100th anniversary of the introduction of the old age pension fell earlier this year, the provision of money for elderly people to live on has existed - and been a topic for debate - for centuries.Read

Looking back: historic opportunities

THE Open House London weekend has come round again, when we can celebrate the capital's architecture - from the medieval hammer-beam roof of the Great Hall of Westminster to the ultra-modern Richard Rogers Partnership offices at Chiswick Business Park.Read

Looking Back: When Chamberlain declared war

SEPTEMBER 3, 1939 is forever emblazoned on my mind as the day, 70 years ago, when war was declared on Germany by Britain's pacifist Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain.Read