Entertainment

Dame June Whitfield

Londoner Dame June Whitfield (1925-2018) studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art during WW2. Beginning with Shakespearean theatre, she was destined […]

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Politics

Nationalist parties

Considering that the UK has four constituent nations, it was perhaps inevitable that nationalist parties would emerge on the political scene. They […]

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Law

The Official Secrets Act

Concerns over maintaining the confidentiality of information regarding Britain’s national security have parallelled the changing world of communications and international travel. The […]

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Celebrations & Holidays

National Sandcastle Competition

North Devon is blessed with many long, sandy beaches, three of which have played host to the UK’s National Sandcastle Competition. This […]

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History

The Beveridge Report

Sir William Beveridge (1879-1963) took many years to develop his plan for social reform as detailed in ‘Social Insurance and Allied Services’ […]

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Discoveries

West Kennet Long Barrow

West Kennet Long Barrow (WKLB), near the Avebury stone circles in Wiltshire, is one of 180 barrows in southern England. At 328ft. […]

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Religion

Orthodox Christianity

Before the Norman Conquest of 1066, Britain’s practice of Christianity was ‘orthodox’, i.e. faithful to the original beliefs and texts, periodically confirmed […]

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Geography & Environment / Politics

DEFRA

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) is only the 10th biggest UK government department in terms of staff numbers, […]

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Geography & Environment

Belfast

The city of Belfast, Northern Ireland’s capital, has endured its fair share of bombings, both during WW2 and throughout ‘The Troubles’ (1968-98), […]

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English language

Rudyard Kipling

Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was born in ‘British India’, a place he loved, settled awhile in the USA with his American wife […]

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Inventions

Polythene and Perspex

Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) was once the UK’s largest manufacturing company and from the 1930s to the 1960s its Plastics Division was […]

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Basic principles / Politics

The VC and GC awards for heroism

The Victoria Cross (VC), named after Queen Victoria (1819-1901), was instituted in 1856. It is a decoration given to military personnel who […]

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