The map from Surrey County Council that claims to show that a 17.5m articulated lorry could easily make the turn

Seeing red over safety

I thought I’d take a look at the progress being made on the construction of the new river crossing at Walton on Sunday morning by going to the Surrey County Council webcam.

Amy Gentry – a stroke of genius

You only have to look at the success achieved by British women rowers at the 2012 Olympics to realise that we are among the best in the world in this particular sport. But it wasn’t always so.

The ‘liquid history’ of our Old Father Thames

I’ve spent most of my life on, in or around the River Thames and it has never ceased to fascinate me – and occasionally I find myself pondering the question: Why?