Manx – Mark Trevor Owen

The Picture of Dumbell’s Crash

I’ve long been fascinated by this photo. Taken, as I write this, exactly 125 years ago on 3rd February 1900, and about half a mile from where I sit, it shows an anxious crowd around the ominously closed doors of the freshly crashed Dumbell’s Bank in Douglas, Isle of Man. The downfall of Dumbell’s was a hugelyContinue reading “The Picture of Dumbell’s Crash”

The Godfather of Manx Democracy

To mark Black History Month, I was commissioned to write this piece about James Brown (no, not that one) for gef.im Our James Brown is one of the most remarkable characters in the history of the Isle of Man, and his influence is still felt in how the place is run today. Here’s a linkContinue reading “The Godfather of Manx Democracy”