St. Valentine’s Day
St. Valentine’s Day is the 14th February and it has evolved in recent times from being a day to celebrate romantic love, […]
St. Valentine’s Day is the 14th February and it has evolved in recent times from being a day to celebrate romantic love, […]
Publicly recognised as a war hero long after his death, Alan Mathison Turing was born in London in 1912 and by age […]
Sir Nick (Nicholas Alexander) Faldo was born in 1957 in Hertfordshire and is the most successful British golfer to date. He won […]
Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) was the daughter of King Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn. Unfortunately, Henry had desperately wanted […]
The London Eye has become one of the must-see tourist attractions in the English capital. It was built for the new millenium […]
British Summer Time (BST) was an idea put forward by a wealthy businessman in Kent ~ William Willett (1856-1915) ~ who produced […]
It is said that the railways were the supreme achievement of the Victorian era in Britain. Cornishman Richard Trevithick (1771-1833) was the […]
The Church of England (CofE) is the ‘Established’ church of England. This means that its head is the monarch ~ the ‘Defender […]
In the UK, the legal joining of two loving partners in marriage is assumed to be a joyful occasion, entered into with […]
In late December 1980 there occurred the world’s best-documented UFO incident in Rendlesham Forest in Suffolk. This was the site of the […]
Visits to the Houses of Parliament by all members of the public, British or otherwise, are welcomed and are free of charge. […]
Horse racing is a sport largely enjoyed for its betting possibilities. It is subject to the regulations of the British Horseracing Association […]
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