Big Ben
‘Big Ben’ is the nickname given to the hour bell in the Elizabeth Tower at the Houses of Parliament in London. The […]
‘Big Ben’ is the nickname given to the hour bell in the Elizabeth Tower at the Houses of Parliament in London. The […]
George Orwell was the pen-name of Eric Blair (1903-50), who died of tuberculosis shortly after the publication of his 1949 anti-communist novel, […]
Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934) was born in Worcestershire and taught himself to play the piano and the violin in his father’s music […]
Following on from the ‘swinging sixties‘ came the ‘punk’ youth culture of the 1970s. Naturally, the aim was to shock the older […]
It was the Labour politician Harold Wilson (1916-95) who had the idea of a ‘university of the air’ back in 1963. This […]
Cropredy is a village in Oxfordshire which plays host every August to a music festival also simply known as ‘Cropredy‘, though its […]
In the UK, surnames are passed down the generations and are the last part of a person’s name, e.g. ‘Miss Patricia Eleanor […]
‘Nonconformist’ religious movements are those which do not belong to the Established Church. In Wales, these include the Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians, Unitarians, […]
The Beatles were a musical phenomenon in the 1960s that changed the pop music genre forever. There are many superlatives that can […]
The Globe Theatre in London was built by Sam Wanamaker as a replica of the theatre in which Shakespeare’s plays were first […]
Visits to the Houses of Parliament by all members of the public, British or otherwise, are welcomed and are free of charge. […]
Red buses are a feature of the London street scene and an integral part of the public transport system, although they are […]
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