Monasteries
The monastic movement came to the British Isles in the 6th century. The remote settings of monasteries, such as the Holy Island […]
The monastic movement came to the British Isles in the 6th century. The remote settings of monasteries, such as the Holy Island […]
Since its inception in 1882, the designation of ‘Listed Building‘ has been applied to all shapes, sizes and types of structure judged […]
Yorkshireman Sir George Cayley (1773-1857) was a man ahead of his time. For the want of a suitable engine, he would have […]
Born in Fife, Adam Smith (1723-90) immersed himself in philosopy, ethics, logic theology and jurisprudence at the Universities of Glasgow and Oxford, […]
Predicting British weather by means of traditional sayings is surely just as successful as an electronic app, since conditions can change from […]
Sir A.J. Michael Eavis (1935-) was born and brought up in Pilton, Somerset, and inherited Worthy Farm, the family’s dairy farm there, […]
A phoneme is the smallest unit of spoken sounds that together make up words (there are 44 in English) and a grapheme […]
The founder of the prestigious magazine ‘Nature’ was Warwickshire-born Sir Norman Lockyer (1836-1920) and its first edition in 1869 includes his description […]
The British tend to make the most of the limited number of dry, tranquil summer days and, bearing in mind the many […]
Water polo was a sport just waiting to burst onto the scene, considering its rapid spread, not only in Britain but also […]
Amidst the inclination for reform prevalent in the 1830s, some Oxford scholars of theology reacted strongly to the government taking steps to […]
The Liberal Democrat Party (‘LibDems’) was formed in 1988 as an amalgamation of the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party. Today, […]
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