The Sainsbury’s supermarket on Camden Road in London is now Listed at Grade II: it’s the first purpose-built supermarket to be added to the List and forms part of the 1980s Grand Union Complex, designed by Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners. Commissioned to replace a former industrial site in the heart of Camden Town, the complex is an excellent example of High Tech architecture, a style that emerged in the 1960s combining industrial aesthetics (at a time when British industry wasRead more

On 20th July 1969, the Apollo Lunar Module landed on the moon: it was the first crewed craft to land in spaceRead more

Between late April and late June 1942, the Luftwaffe (German Air Force) deliberately targeted Britain’s historic towns and cities, causing widespread destructionRead more

We take a look back at some royal jubilees and how the nation commemorated these royal milestones.Read more

Between midnight on 6 June (D-Day) and 30 June 1944 an Allied invasion force of over 850,000 troops landed on France’s Normandy beaches, together with nearly 150,000 vehicles and 570,000 tons of supplies. ‘Operation Overlord’, as the almost three month campaign was known, was supported by a massive airborne assault and the deployment of 7,000 vessels, known as ‘Operation Neptune’. D-Day was the start of the long campaign to liberate occupied north-west Europe, leading to the eventual Allied defeat ofRead more