Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-59) certainly had a penchant for ‘big’ and ‘first’ achievements, epitomised in the iconic 1857 photo of him dwarfed […]
Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-59) certainly had a penchant for ‘big’ and ‘first’ achievements, epitomised in the iconic 1857 photo of him dwarfed […]
Unlike members of the House of Lords, those in the House of Commons are elected by the public and they are referred […]
Known as ‘the morris’ to its devotees, morris dancing is a traditional fund-raising attraction for village fêtes. Its precise origin is unknown […]
Britain is traditionally known for having an upper-middle-working class system, but during the two World Wars everyone worked side-by-side in a common […]
Plate glass was initially manufactured in the UK in the thirteenth century by a method which produced ‘broad sheet glass’. Molten glass […]
With an estimated million or more words in the English language now, you would think that no-one would ever be fumbling for […]
The idea of Congregationalism is that Protestants do not need a hierarchy of clergy standing between them and God, merely a ‘priesthood […]
The Thames Barrier is the world’s second largest flood defence system. Without it, the sides of the Embankment would have to be […]
By September 1918, Germany realised it could not win the ‘Great War’ against the Allies and the armistice ~ the halting of […]
Christopher Brasher, CBE (1928-2003) and John Disley, CBE (1928-2016) took part in the New York City marathon in 1979 and were so […]
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