We covered quite a bit of retro tech this year, but there are a few things we didn’t talk about that are still worth a mention. Let’s start ...

This year sees the anniversary of several well-known food brands, and a few lesser-known ones. It turns out that some have been around for l...

This year we’ve covered gadgets and inventions from the 1800s and up. But there are plenty of other things that had anniversaries this year ...

Introduced 1880 The soft toy in all its forms – from teddy bears to more exotic creatures altogether – is a favourite of children the world...

1890 Hollerith Tabulating Machine Introduced June 1890 The United States has a census every ten years , an essential act of counting a...

Rare block 4 of four unused Penny Blacks Introduced May 1840 These days we mostly communicate with each other electronically – at th...

In these days of home automation and snazzy gadgets, we don’t always realise that some of the things we use on a regular basis have their or...

We’ve covered a range of stuff this year, as far back as 1888 and through to 1928 , 1938 , 1948 , 1958 , 1968 , 1978 , 1988 , 1998 , 2003 ,...