2 March 1920: Augustus John and William Orpen attend the Paris peace conference as artists in residence.
21 July 1921: The first HMV store is opened on Oxford Street by Edward Elgar.
17 February 1923: Howard Carter makes a ‘lucky strike’ at Tutankhamen’s tomb.
8 March 1923: The new, slender flapper silhouette is causing an outcry, but it is surely only encouraging good health.
The Observer, 16 September 1923: No new dances this season but new steps to match the slower Blues rhythm.
4 February 1924: American experiments appear to prove Einstein’s theory of relativity.
24 October 1924: Bookshops aren’t what they used to be, now books are done up like gaudy confectionery.
11 July 1925: The trial of John Scopes for teaching evolution has begun in Tennessee.
9 June 1926: Dame Nellie Melba bids farewell to opera at Covent Garden.
12 June 1926: The Manchester Guardian visits Syria’s ancient wonder at Palmyra.
11 June 1927: Charles Lindbergh will receive a hero’s welcome when he returns to the US after his historic Atlantic flight.
6 March 1928: The government gives the BBC free rein over matters of politics, religion and industry.
21 December 1928: Should working women pay their way?
6 April 1929: Fox heralds the end of the silent era, but sound won’t improve a bad film.
