NASA astronaut Michael Collins, who stayed behind in the command module of Apollo 11 on July 20, 1969 while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin travelled to the lunar surface to become the first humans to walk on the moon, passed away on Wednesday April 28, at age 90, his family said. Selected as part of NASA’s third… Read More In 1969 Michael Collins (1930-2021) Took This Photo of Every Single Human But Himself
I never seemed to have time to study the birdlife around me before; I just liked the idea they were around and I enjoyed their dawn chorus over the years. In a fairly small space I am pleased to be visited regularly by many species of bird. My friendly robins follow me around listening to… Read More Charmed in lockdown: garden birds by Denis Thorpe – in pictures
One warm June weekend 61 years ago, a scruffily bearded Argentinian on his way from Cuba to Cairo stopped over in Madrid. With almost a day to kill between flights, he did what any tourist of the time would have done: explored the city, visited a bullring, had breakfast and did a little shopping. He… Read More Sam Jones: From Che Guevara to lockdown: photo book tells story of Madrid
After the truth-shower 