Let’s start with a quick overview of Hungary – a small, (93,000 sq km) landlocked country with a population of under 10 million. This map shows, as you can see, that Hungary is bordered by seven countries – by Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia and Austria. And like its neighbours Austria, Slovakia, Romania, Croatia, … Read more
This article is about the Stourbridge Fair at the Leper Chapel. It was held here on the outskirts of Cambridge, and was at one time the biggest in England and some say, in Europe. Here is the Mayor of Cambridge, Councillor George Pippas, together with two proctors of the University of Cambridge. One of the … Read more
This year is the two-hundredth anniversary of the invention of the bicycle. Two hundred years ago in Mannheim in Germany, Karl Freiherr von Drais invented the ‘draisine’ – the forerunner of the bicycle. It had two wheels, with the front able to be steered by handlebars. But it had no pedals, the rider instead ‘scooting’ … Read more