My Grandfather, the genius electronics engineer and inventor Alan Dower Blumlein was born on this day, June 29th, 1903. Employed by EMI at the Hayes R&D facility for most of his working life, he filed 128 patents in the field of telecommunications, stereo sound, television and H2S airborne radar. Sadly, his life was cut tragically… Read more »

Huge congratulations to all of this year’s Grammy winners! The original article, posted in June 2014, was amended in May 2026. Did you know that the Grammy Award was originally called a Gramophone Award? It is given by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences to recognise significant achievements in the music industry. The… Read more »