Barmy Army
The Barmy Army is a large group of exuberant supporters who follow the England national cricket team at home and abroad. What […]
The Barmy Army is a large group of exuberant supporters who follow the England national cricket team at home and abroad. What […]
The government passed the immensely significant Education Act of 1944 for England and Wales in readiness for post-WW2 social reforms. It is […]
Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963), or ‘Jack’ to friends and family, was born in Belfast. As a boy he was an avid reader […]
‘Suffrage’ is the right to vote. ‘Suffragists’ were those who were campaigning for women’s suffrage in the late 1800s. They lobbied MPs […]
Saint George is the patron saint of England and St. George’s Day is on 23rd April. Unlike the other three patron days […]
The Welsh are the original Britons (evidenced by a 2015 study ‘The fine-scale genetic structure of the British population’ from Oxford University). […]
Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) was born on a farm in Lincolnshire but he was never suited to taking on the family business. […]
An iconic part of the city gent’s uniform, the black bowler hat was named after nephew and uncle Thomas and William Bowler […]
Democracy is a word that is constantly bandied about by politicians and the media. Some use it as a catch-all term for […]
Fanny Cradock (1909-94) was not quite the first TV chef to grace British screens, but she could lay claim to being the […]
British participation in The Crusades was comparatively minor. Each of the Crusades was called for by a Catholic Pope, either to help […]
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