Were it not for a bout of smallpox the name of Josiah Wedgwood would have been lost in the mists of time. The disease severely weakened his leg and he was unable to work the pedal of his potter's ...

Jackie and I met at a coffee morning in 1984. We'd both recently moved to the area. I didn't know a soul so I'd gone along, sat down next to Jackie and we started chatting. She mentioned that before ...