Forgotten Bag

The Forgotten Post-War Decree

Jon Neale | Birmingham Dispatch | 10th May 2025

Birmingham was booming in the 1900s until post-war policy tried to force industry into more deprived parts of the UK. New factories now required an “Industrial Development Certificate”, which the government routinely refused to grant. Existing companies fragmented, and new ones could find no foothold. By the 1990s, Birmingham went from being the UK’s second richest city to being infamous for decline (2,500 words)

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The Airplane ‘Barf Bag’

Mercedes Streeter | Autopian | 8th May 2025

Tribute to an “unsung hero of aviation”. In 1949, plastics pioneer Schjeldahl designed a polyethylene bag with ridges that folded and sealed with a hot iron. Originally meant for food storage, Northwest Orient Airlines repurposed the bag for motion sickness. Barf bags are collectibles today, perhaps for their jokes: German airline Hapag-Lloyd once had bags saying “thank you for your feedback” (2,900 words)