Sixty years of Doctor Who

The day after the assassination of JFK, a strange new figure stepped on to the cultural landscape. David Barnett travels back in time in search of Doctor Who

Ilkley’s 20 mph rebellion

A comic book author writes his own story

David Barnett has been a lifelong comic reader. Now his dream has come true – he writes them too

Whatever happened to local newspapers?

An industry once at the centre of Britain’s towns and cities is on life support

Lost in the mud

David Barnett cannot remember a thing about the one and only Bickershaw Festival. But, as he now knows, it was amazing

Iraq’s forgotten victims

The Kaka’i minority ethnic group found in Iraq and Western Iran has long been persecuted, and was recently subjected to attempted genocide by Isis. David Barnett meets the survivors