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Edwin Beard Budding (1796-1846) from Gloucestershire was a mechanical engineer with a knack for devising improvements, repairs and solutions to various types […]
Edwin Beard Budding (1796-1846) from Gloucestershire was a mechanical engineer with a knack for devising improvements, repairs and solutions to various types […]
Any Briton who has looked into their family tree will know that until WW2 it was common for families to consist of […]
Designated a National Park in 1952, the North York Moors comprise 355,000 acres of rural land with an Australia-shaped outline in the […]
John Dalton (1766-1844) from Cumberland, compiler of the first atomic theory, was also the first scientist to study colour blindness, after discovering […]
Good Friday is the Christian commemoration of the death of Jesus by crucifixion. It is also the first day of the Easter […]
At a time when women in the UK had achieved gender equality in many spheres, The Spice Girls came along to push […]
Northumbrian Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown (1716-83) entered landscape gardening with an enthusiasm and vision that propelled him to the top of his profession. […]
In his time, William Blake (1757-1827) was viewed by some as a nutcase. It was not until a generation after his poverty-stricken […]
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