bygone times

One reason California struggles so mightily to track its water can been found in a small room in Sacramento that is jam-packed with some of the state’s most valuable mysteries — documents written in the ornate cursive of bygone times, corduroy-bound ledgers, maps whose labels have come unglued.

As well as telling the stories of some of Wales' forgotten black musicians from the bygone times, Lemfreck wants to shine a light on the current modern Welsh black music scene, which he said was having "a real moment".

The designer Bunny Christie offers the neon-filled landscape of a bygone Times Square, and crew members dressed as police officers are there to keep spectators out of the way of the flexible sets, and the performers.

Far from embracing the most modern cinematic techniques, “The Artist” is a glorious throwback, a black-and-white silent movie that manages the impossible: It strikes an exact balance between the traditions of the past and the demands of the present, managing to be true to the look and spirit of bygone times while creating the most modern kind of witty and entertaining fun.

The duchess said, in bygone times, Queen Victoria had stayed at the castle to draw and paint one of her predecessors Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland.