Samuel Pepys’s diary
Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) was born and lived most of his life in London and began writing his famous diary every day from […]
Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) was born and lived most of his life in London and began writing his famous diary every day from […]
Emily Jane Brontë (1818-48) was part of a tragic but creative family in Yorkshire which produced what are now regarded as […]
Betting and gambling are legal activities in the UK. Betting shops, bingo halls, casinos, the National Lottery and online betting games are […]
Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932) was born in London and spent most of her life in Surrey. The arts of all kinds filled her […]
The writer Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad (“V.S.”) Naipaul died in August 2018, just short of his 86th birthday. He was born in Trinidad […]
Fashion designer Dame Mary Quant (1930-2023) from London was part of the ‘Swinging Sixties’ cultural shake-up in the UK. She pioneered the […]
The National Eisteddfod of Wales was first staged in 1861 and is held at a different venue each year, alternating between North […]
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) from Edinburgh first became a medical doctor. However, he had inherited story-telling talent from his mother and […]
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