Trevor Baylis, who created the wind-up radio, is to receive his CBE today. The inventor, who will be honoured at Windsor Castle, said when the award was announced in the New Year Honours list that he ...

After Spain’s mystery power cut left millions without any way to get updates, UK households are snapping up wind-up emergency radios as government advice warns us to prepare for 72 hours off-grid.

With the advent of the 9V battery-powered transistor radio in the 1950s, the “Emergency Radio” was born. Unlike vacuum tube receivers with heavy batteries or unpowered crystal radios, these handheld ...