About 130 years ago, the job of pianist was automated when Edwin Votey created the first player piano. The machine worked by reading music that was encoded by holes punched into rolls of paper, which ...

THE leasehold for a Herefordshire riverside pub has been put on the market for £18,500. The Boat Inn in Whitney-on-Wye holds an "enviable" position on the banks of the river, according to agents, ...

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