Thomas Edward Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia, bought one of the first SS100s in 1925 having previously owned three Brough SS80s. The crash that would end Lawrence’s life came while riding another SS100, on a narrow road near his cottage near Wareham. In May 1935 Lawrence was riding the Brough back Continue Reading
Magna Carta Libertatum is a charter of rights agreed to by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor, on 15 June 1215. The Archbishop of Canterbury to make peace between the unpopular King and a group of rebel barons, it promised the protection of church rights, protection for the Continue Reading
Battersea Power Station has become an iconic structure, being featured in or used as a shooting location for many films, television programmes, music videos and video games. One of the station’s earliest appearances was in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1936 film Sabotage, which shows the station before the construction of the B station. The Continue Reading
