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Elon Musk says the ‘fighter jet era has passed’ and the US needs autonomous war drones to compete

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Elon Musk believes the era of fighter jets is over and future warfare will be carried out by autonomous drones. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO made the prediction while speaking with US Air Force Lt. Gen. John Thompson at the Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando, Florida on Friday. ‘Drone warfare is where the future will … Read more

Greenhouses, bedding plants, mowers – they were all born in the Victorian era

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My childhood was spent in the house built in the 1870s by my great-grandfather Matthew Wyatt.  He was born in 1837, the year of Queen Victoria’s accession to the throne, and he was a Victorian through and through.  The house was Victorian in every detail. Every stick of furniture, every piece of cutlery, the wallpaper, … Read more

New era for Butlin’s as its Bognor Regis resort’s new £40million swimming pool opens

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New era for Butlin’s as its Bognor Regis resort’s new £40million swimming pool opens for business, boasting a 24ft-tall helter skelter, a wave machine and beach huts The pool, called Splash, has been filled with over 600,000 litres of water and has space for 1,000 guests  Stand out feature is the world’s first helter-skelter water … Read more