Archive for the ‘History’ Category

In Appreciation of Steve Jobs and Apple

In Appreciation of Steve Jobs and Apple

We couldn’t let the untimely and tragically early death of Apple Computer founder Steve Jobs pass without comment as his vision, which had direct impact on what you’re reading, writes Link magazine publisher Roger Ogle. Most people will know of Apple in its more recent incarnation as creators of beautifully designed and supremely functional mobile [...]

Woodvilles 15th Century Re-enactment this Weekend

Woodvilles 15th Century Re-enactment this Weekend

The Woodvilles visit Swindon this weekend on Saturday 11 & Sunday 12 June, 11am to 5pm at Lydiard Park. The Woodvilles are a living history and battle re-enactment group covering the “Wars of the Roses” period. Founded in Hampshire in the early nineties the group now draws members from all over the UK who perform [...]

Swindon Festival of Literature 2011

Swindon Festival of Literature 2011

When it’s Spring in Swindon, it’s also the start of the festival season and tickets are now on sale for events at the 18th Swindon Festival of Literature. With its line-up of novelists, poets, politicians, philosophers, scientists, storytellers, sportsmen, historians, comedians, artists and activists, it will put a spring in your step.The festival is a [...]

Swindon’s heritage deserves recognition says rail historian

The London to Bristol railway line is on a tentative list of places that might be submitted by the government to UNESCO as worthy of world heritage status. And former Swindon mayor and Toothill councillor Steve Wakefield, who writes monthly for Swindon Link magazine during the GWR175 anniversary year, is appealing to readers to write [...]