Born on 14 August 1888 in the town of Helensburgh on Scotland’s west coast, John Logie Baird would grow up to become one of Britain’s most celebrated inventors, responsible in part for a whole new industry. Showing early signs of ingenuity, he rigged up a telephone exchange to connect his bedroom to those of his friends … Read more
Own the ‘birthplace of television’: Shopping arcade in Hastings where John Logie Baird gave first public demonstration of TV in 1924 goes up for auction of £325,000 Inventor John Logie Baird had his workshop in No. 8 Queen’s Arcade in Hastings In 1924 the arcade was the site of first public demonstration of televised pictures The … Read more
Tina Lawson took to Instagram with kind words to everyone who made their voice heard in the nine days since the death of an unarmed black man named George Floyd in an exchange with police in Minneapolis. The 66-year-old mother of Beyonce and Solange Knowles cited a number of different ways people spread resources and … Read more