Mariella Novotney, Sixties mini-icon and author of the novel, 'King's Road', who briefly amused the media with her Barbarella-like look and comic utterances such as "I'm only good at two things. One is writing; the other is making love".
The Maria Asumpta was launched at Badalona in 1858, and was involved in the textile trade between Argentina and Spain; later she was used to transport slaves and salt. In the 1930s an engine was installed, and she was renamed Pepita. With the…
View from Porthcurno of Marconi Signal Station at Poldhu Transmitter on the Lizard Peninsula, from where Eastern Telegraph Co conducted industrial espionage.
General view of Poldhu Wireless Station. These 300-foot timber…