Geography & Environment / History

Henges

3,000-4,000 years ago, henges were all the rage across Britain (and elsewhere too). A henge is an ancient circular or oval ditch […]

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Geography & Environment

Sir Edwin Lutyens

Sir Edwin Lutyens (1869-1944), born in London, had a glittering, award-winning career as an Architect for the wealthy, yet his style and […]

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Entertainment

Black Sabbath & Ozzy Osbourne

Rock group Black Sabbath can lay claim to initiating the sub-genre of ‘heavy metal’ with its high-volume, down-tuned, dark-themed, crashing guitar-and-drum sound, […]

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English language

‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’

Being the first English-language novel written specially for children, ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ (1865) has afforded researchers plenty of time for detailed analysis. […]

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Discoveries

Rayleigh Scattering

Before these days of scientific research funded by bodies with specific outcomes in mind, wealthy, well-educated gentlemen with a quest for knowledge […]

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Culture

The British Museum

Preservation, protection, research, enlightenment and understanding of the world’s history and cultures are all found in one building in London — the British […]

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Celebrations & Holidays

The Jorvik (York) Viking Festival

The British do not usually celebrate invaders of their islands but when they come bearing gifts and a good business plan some […]

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Inventions / Sport

The World Land Speed Record

British engineers and drivers have dominated the world land speed record over the last century. The current record of 763mph, which was […]

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Religion

Sunday Schools

During the Industrial Revolution of the 18th and 19th centuries, multitudes of children worked in factories from Monday to Saturday. On Sundays […]

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Basic principles / Politics

Our Constitutional Monarchy

The current role of the British monarch is, on the surface, rather watered down compared to the demonstrable wielding of ruling power […]

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Geography & Environment / Law

Bridleways and Footpaths

A bridleway is a public right of way for travel on foot, on horseback or by bicycle and, in some localities, there may […]

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Inventions

The Scanning Electron Microscope

Professor Sir Charles William Oatley (1904-96) from Somerset worked on developing the scanning electron microscope (SEM) for two decades. During WW2 he […]

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