Back in 1953 the Queen’s coronation was a watershed moment in the success of a relatively new technology: television.
Millions of people bought TV sets for the first time to make sure they could see the coronation for themselves.
Up till that point TV had been a luxury – it was quite typical for only one house [...]
The death of the text message?
We were interested to read the Daily Mail’s article this week predicting the death of the text message within a generation.
It chimes with similar predictions we made way back in 2009 about the eventual demise of email. Indeed the Daily Mail quoted from our report to suggest that both the text and the email may eventual slide into the technological dustbin of history.
When will video games get a sense of humour?
When did you last laugh at a video game? And not because of some wooden dialogue, or unintentionally hilarious glitch that wasn’t ironed out during development. No, I mean when did you last laugh because your character said something witty? Or due to a well-executed sight gag or piece of slapstick? A while ago, I’d [...]
TalkTalk Tales: And the winner is…
The entries have been judged – but who did Bernard Cribbins crown the UK’s best amateur storyteller?
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic’s Family Concerts
I’m really excited about our final two family concerts of the year here at the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic: Pirates and Big Bear’s Band . I think what’s unique about these events is seeing adults and children enjoying LIVE music together, many for the first time.
The atmosphere is great as over 1000 children and their [...]