Discoveries Category
Polythene and Perspex
Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI), once the UK’s biggest manufacturing company,…
Flinders Petrie, pioneer of Egyptology
Although his grandfather, Capt. Matthew Flinders (1774-1814), was the first…
West Kennet long barrow
A ‘long barrow’ was an earthwork mound, housing at one…
The Falklands Conflict
The Falkland Islands are a British Overseas Territory just north…
Stephen Hawking’s universe
Oxford-born cosmologist Professor Stephen Hawking (1942-2018) said:“Look up at the…
British Antarctic Territory
Britain’s two tallest mountains by far ~ Mount Hope (10,627ft.)…
Silicone
It is hard to imagine life today without the multitudinous…
Colour blindness
John Dalton* (1766-1844) from Cumberland was the first scientist to…
The double-helix of DNA
Dr. Francis Crick (1916-2004) was born in Northamptonshire and was…
Parkinson’s Disease
Dr. James Parkinson (1755-1824) from London was quite the polymath,…
Everest & the mapping of India
By 1871 the mapping of India was the most detailed…
Connecting the dots of prehistory
Edinburgh-born Graham Hancock (1950-) grew up in India and studied…