Michael Faraday
London-born Michael Faraday (1791-1867) is regarded as one of the most brilliant scientists of our time. Yet he came from a poor […]
London-born Michael Faraday (1791-1867) is regarded as one of the most brilliant scientists of our time. Yet he came from a poor […]
The annual ‘Six Nations‘ rugby union championship began in 1883 as the Home Nations Championship contested by England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland. […]
Birmingham is our second biggest city and is geographically just below the centre. It sits on a plateau which was once heavily […]
Ronnie O’Sullivan, nicknamed ‘The Rocket’, was born in the West Midlands in 1975 and grew up in Essex, where he was soon […]
Before the County Courts were created in 1846, there was a rather unsatisfactory system of ‘circuit’ judges visiting different parts of the […]
The flag of the United Kingdom is a symbolic layering of three other flags ~ the English, Scottish and Irish. It also […]
Sir Laurence Olivier (1907-89) was born in Surrey and became a highly revered, indeed legendary, Shakespearean actor and director, and had some […]
The Wars of the Roses (1455-85) was a period when the descendants of two of King Edward III’s sons – the Dukes […]
The two Archbishops are the most senior members of the Church of England. Of the two, the Archbishop of Canterbury is held […]
The Great Vowel Shift (GVS) is the reason we may find Old and Middle English difficult to grasp. It is also a […]
The first patent for a typewriter was granted in 1714 to Henry Mill (1683-1771) from southern England. It does not include a […]
Thinking Day, or, as it has been known since 2000, ‘World Thinking Day’, has been celebrated each year by Girl Guides and […]
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