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In the 1990s, British creative arts struck a seam of success that coalesced around the idea of…

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In the 1990s, British creative arts struck a seam of success that coalesced around the idea of…
There are two Children’s Book Weeks ~ one in May, the other in November ~ which are among…
Public health concerns during the Industrial Revolution led to swimming becoming a popular recreation in the UK.…
Bishops today have a very different lifestyle to those in medieval times, when they were very wealthy,…
The powers and role of the Prime Minister (PM) have slowly increased and he/she now sets the government’s…
There have always been volunteers helping to keep law and order and today they are to be…
Sir Goldsworthy Gurney (1793-1875) of Cornwall first became a surgeon, chemist and lecturer but in 1823 decided…
Restoration London was crammed with buildings made of flammable materials ~ timber, thatch and pitch. Streets were…
The Royal Horticultural Society’s Chelsea Flower Show is held for five days every May in the grounds…
British emigration to eastern North America in the 1600s and 1700s is recorded in the numerous duplicated…
We are told that the last Ice Age (the Younger Dryas) ended around 12,000 years ago, with…
Sir Cliff Richard was born Harry Webb in 1940 and grew up in London, where he met…
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