The Times and The Sunday Times’s first phone-in day has helped their charity appeal raise nearly £1 million. Columnists including James Marriott and Caitlin Moran were among more than 50 journalists ...

Picture shows Derek McCulloch - 'Uncle Mac'. The first charity appeal in The Week's Good Cause was broadcast on 24 January 1926. The appeal raised £1,025 0s 7d for the National Children's Home ...