Couple transform their 1930s semi-detached house on Your Home Made Perfect

A couple transformed their cramped 1930s family home on last night’s episode of Your Home Made Perfect.  Civil servants Lisa and Judy spent £110,000 completely renovating the two-storey property in Gosport, Hampshire, to make it bigger, brighter and more modern after growing tired of the lack of space and natural light downstairs. They enlisted the … Read more

Original Monopoly game prices were based on segregated 1930s Atlantic City, author says 

The original Monopoly board game was inspired by segregated Atlantic City in the 1930s with property prices reflecting deep racial disparities between white and black residents, an author has claimed.   Mary Pilon, who wrote her book The Monopolists about the hidden history of the beloved board game in 2015, argued that it’s property values ‘reflect … Read more

DIY novices spend £25,000 transforming their ugly 1930s semi-detached house into a colourful home 

A couple who found themselves priced out of buying their dream home have revealed how they spent £25,000 transforming their ugly 1930s semi-detached house into a colourful three-bedroom Insta-worthy home.  Clara McGillian, 31, and Nicholas Felstead, 35, from Bridgend, Wales, struggled to find a new-build home which would fit their budget, and decided to buy a … Read more

How Boris’s ‘new deal’ compares to Roosevelt’s Great Depression original created in 1930s America

Boris Johnson channeled  the New Deal of US president Franklin Roosevelt today as he laid out his vision for Britain’s post-coronavirus recovery. But the scale of what was unveiled by the Prime Minister at a college in Dudley this morning appears to be on a far lower order of magnitude to that put in place … Read more

IMF warns slump will be worst since the Great Depression of the 1930s 

The £7 trillion cost of the Great Lockdown: IMF warns slump will be worst since the Great Depression of the 1930s By Ruth Sunderland Business Editor For The Daily Mail Published: 22:45 BST, 14 April 2020 | Updated: 23:07 BST, 14 April 2020 The economic slump from the deadly coronavirus will be the worst since … Read more