The pneumatic tyre
The pneumatic tyre was invented twice, since the second claimant was unaware of a patent registered in 1846 in France and 1847 […]
The pneumatic tyre was invented twice, since the second claimant was unaware of a patent registered in 1846 in France and 1847 […]
The Battle of the Boyne was fought on 1st July 1690 on the banks of Ireland’s River Boyne at Oldbridge. King James […]
The city of Bath in Somerset is renowned for its natural thermal springs, easily the hottest in the UK at around 45ºC. […]
Durham Castle and Durham Cathedral sit side-by-side on a peninsula off the River Wear that looks tailor-made for these sandstone landmarks. From […]
Of the three dozen British dukedoms (duchies) that still exist, several are in royal possession (“merged in Crown”) after having become vacant […]
John Kay (1704-c.80) from Lancashire and one of his six sons, Robert (1728-1802), made vital contributions to the Industrial Revolution in the […]
“The British Empire was acquired in a fit of absent-mindedness.” ~ Sir John Seeley (1834-95) The enduring motivation behind the British Empire […]
The UK’s first significant stretch of motorway comprised the M1’s junctions 5-18, opened in 1959, though the M6 in Preston had a […]
Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948-) from London and Sir Tim Rice (1944-) from Buckinghamshire, who met in 1965, revived British musical theatre […]
Author, playwright and screenwriter Alan Bennett (1934-), a Yorkshireman, began writing in 1960, when he was a member of the illustrious Oxford […]
Copying is not enabled.