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Toronto Star’s Heather Mallick described them as “thoughtless, ahistorical and self-congratulatory” and proclaimed that we must stop trusting photography. When data scientist Samuel Goree tested DeOldify, an AI colourization app, to convert a greyscale copy of Alfred T. Palmer’s 1943 photograph Operating a hand drill at Vultee Nashville, the result produced an image in which the black female subject’s skin was lighter. Interventions like these are not unique among the history of photographic manipulation — the Cottingley Fairies photographs taken by Elsie Wright and Frances G...

Grantham schoolgirl inspired to start litter-picking A Grantham schoolgirl has started litter-picking in Little Ponton after being inspired by a school pal. Seven-year-old Elsie Wright, a pupil at Belton Lane Primary School, took matters into her own hands by clearing the streets of rubbish. She was inspired by fellow pupil George who was so dismayed at the amount of litter on his first walk to school last September that he spent an afternoon picking it all up. Elsie has been litter picking in Great Ponton. (45549608) A school spokesperson said: “This story inspired us to start weekly li...

Cocktail stick stirs happy memories of Thatto Heath's Springfield Hotel THE boxes of keepsakes of our parents and grandparents can often contain a quirky little item that will raise a smile or provoke a memory. And among the items kept by St Helens Star reader Julie Devanney was this momento from the Springfield Hotel pub in Thatto Heath. It looks like a plastic cocktail stick, bearing the Greenall Whitley emblem and the name of the pub on one side. And on the other side the name of licensee George and Elsie Wright, proudly announcing the venue for "Weddings and parties, weekly dancin...

THE world famous Cottingley Fairies hoax has inspired a chilling novel exploring post-natal depression. The Cottingley Cuckoo by Alison Littlewood (writing as AJ Elwood) is described as an "eerie reimagining" of the fairy photographs which fooled many people, including scientists and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, in the early 20th century. Set in Cottingley, the novel is a gothic take on "the darker side of motherhood" and the terrifying impact of the mischievous fairies of Cottingley Beck through the years. Elwood interweaves a modern day setting with past events to create a story of mystery...

THE 100th anniversary of the Cottingley Fairies - one of the most famous hoaxes of the 20th century - is being marked by a new exhibition. Dr Merrick Burrow, University of Huddersfield's Head of English and Creative Writing, is guest curator of the forthcoming exhibition on the Cottingley Fairies at the Treasures of the Brotherton Collection at the University of Leeds. It is the first time that many of the artefacts from the hoax, which fooled many including Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, have been put on public display. The hoax began in 1917 when Elsie Wright took a ...