From a cancellation before WW2 to selling the event in the UK, the MGP has never been far from the news . .

A planned breakout from the internment camp in 1917 - partly foiled by artist Archibald Knox . .!

In the last of the holiday mini-series of Old News, H looks back to happenings in 1921 . . including a drop in population and licensing issues

H looks back at some news from 1911 . . a year which saw the first aeroplane to be seen on the Island . . taking off from Nobles Park . . . and strikes on the horse trams!

In this week's edition, Howard looks back at a radio station planned for Creg-ny-Baa in 1938 and an event involving Laxey Wheel.

H looks back at the incredible beaching of a massive whale on the Island, almost exactly 100 years ago!

H looks back 100 years to news of 1925!

It's Tynwald Day tomorrow - not on the 5th though . . but that's old news of course . .

As PSM commissioners work to deal with the smell of rotting seaweed, H looks back at how it's been dealt with around the Island over the years. There's no shortage of it around the Island's coastlines - but is it a boon or a bane?

As school attendance is raised in the Keys, H looks back at how attendance - or truancy - has featured over the years - and why blackberries used to be a problem. . .