In the public’s mind, Benjamin Franklin’s scientific work has largely been reduced to this one experiment, in which Franklin demonstrated that discharges from thunderstorms are electric in nature (SN: ...

Cillian Murphy has led tributes to Peaky Blinders costume designer Stephanie Collie, who has died aged 60. The actor was ...

Peaky Blinders costumer designer Stephanie Collie has died aged 61 as stars of the hit BBC series including Cillian Murphy ...

Geoffrey Mason was barely 30, a control-room functionary working a down day at the 1972 Munich Olympics, when history called on a push-button phone.

Washington won her first BET Award for best actress in 2013 for her role. While Viola Davis is perhaps best known for her work on the big screen, she made great strides on TV, too. Starting at the ...

This town, Baird’s home for a few years, was where the Scotsman first ... refine the invention. This is where the ‘official’ timeline kicks in. Baird debuted his working television system ...

A pensioner, who claims he has been left without a working TV for ten weeks, says he is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Joseph Lafferty, 78, has been forced to go to the pub just to watch TV ...

A pensioner, who claims he has been left without a working TV for ten weeks, says he is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Joseph Lafferty, 78, has been forced to go to the pub just to watch TV ...

An elderly man, who claims he has been left without a working TV for ten weeks, says he is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Joseph Lafferty, 78, from Walton, has been forced to go to the pub just ...