While it’s hard to tell just how far down the food chain that ‘snail mail’ has fallen in the age of digital communication be it phone, text or social media, if there is one thing that will renew my interest in the post office as a primary mode of communication is todays release by Royal […]
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Marking the 40th anniversary of one of the greats of British comedy, Royal Mail has released a collection of 12 special stamps celebrating the brilliance of Blackadder. Eight of the stamps will feature some of the series’ most classic moments with four being reserved to track the evolution of Edmund Blackadder from series 1 through Blackadder Goes […]
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Dad’s Army, the BBC comedy that centered on the exploits of a dysfunctional unit of the Home Guard during World War II, turns 50 next month. The Home Guard was made up of men ineligible for military service, largely because they were considered too old, hence the name “Dad’s Army”, who were to act as […]
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Dad’s Army, the Jimmy Perry/David Croft situation comedy about the British Home Guard during the Second World War, graced the BBC1 television airwaves for the first time in July 1968 running for 80 episodes over the course of 9 series. Royal Mail’s 2018 stamp calendar will, once again, showcase the “best of British” releasing special […]
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Sadly, this is no April Fools joke. Ronnie Corbett, the co-star of The Two Ronnies, one of the most successful and long running light entertainment shows on British television, has died at the age of 85. At its peak, over 17 million viewers each week watched the legendary sketch comedy show, which ran from 1971-1987 on […]
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Britain’s Royal Mail rolled out a long-overdue collection of stamps celebrating British comedy greats on Wednesday, April 1. Thankfully, this was no April Fools Day joke. The brilliant set features British comedy greats from the 1950s to the modern day, from Norman Wisdom and Morecambe and Wise to Spike Milligan and Victoria Wood. Stamps featuring […]
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In the age of more and more communication via texts, email and FaceTime, the archaic practice of sending snail mail may just get a bit more fun beginning 1 April 2015. Royal Mail has just released the first images of a new set of stamps celebrating Britain’s comedy greats, including The Two Ronnies, Ronnie Corbett and Ronnie […]
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While approximately 1 minute 20 seconds late due to extended news coverage of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy the previous day, it was exactly 17:16:20 GMT on 23 November 1963 when Doctor Who first appeared on BBC television. While we are still approximately 11 months away from the official 50th anniversary of, officially, […]
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Head’s up. Halloween’s over so all attention is now focused on the Christmas holiday season. Beginning today, 2 November, Royal Mail and Aardman Animations, headed by W&G creator, Nick Park, have softened the blow a bit by creating this year’s holiday stamp offering from Royal Mail. In typical Aardman style, each stamp was meticulously crafted […]
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