Culture Category
Henry Purcell, composer
Henry Purcell‘s (1659-95) destiny was unsurprising in direction, though meteoric in impact on the musical sphere of…
The British Museum
Preservation, protection, research, enlightenment and understanding of the world’s history and cultures are all found in one…
London Fashion Week
The youngest of the ‘Big Four’ Fashion Weeks ~ the others being New York City (1943), Milan…
Well Dressing
Thankful appreciation of freshwater supply probably began with nature-worshipping Pagans. It took the form of Well Dressing…
Haggis
In times past, when tribal societies killed their own food animals, it made sense to use as…
Listed Buildings
Since its inception in 1882, the designation of ‘Listed Building‘ has been applied to all shapes, sizes…
Tea on the lawn
The British tend to make the most of the limited number of dry, tranquil summer days and,…
Burials and cremations
In the Christian era, churchyards became the place to bury the dead, with proceedings conducted by the…
Punch & Judy
A mixture of pantomime, horror and absurdity, the Punch & Judy show in its portable format has…
‘New Musical Express’ and ‘Melody Maker’
The world’s first weekly newspaper entirely devoted to music, ‘Melody Maker‘ (MM), began in 1926 and ended…
The Crystal Palace
The Crystal Palace (a.k.a. ‘the Palace of the People’) began as a glass-walled, modular, 3-storey hall-cum-greenhouse in…
Gretna Green
“We two matched for mating Came, handclasped, at last, Where the blacksmith was waiting To fetter us…