Moles
There are two schools of thought about our estimated 41,400,000 moles and their underground activities. One is that they are a nuisance […]
Category: Geography & Environment
DEFRA
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) is only the 10th biggest UK government department in terms of staff numbers, […]
Belfast
The city of Belfast, Northern Ireland’s capital, has endured its fair share of bombings, both during WW2 and throughout ‘The Troubles’ (1968-98), […]
Liverpool
‘Port of Departure (or Arrival):Liverpool‘ appears in many a search for records of family ancestors, since Liverpool’s west-coast location made it so […]
Hampton Court Palace
King Henry VIII (1491-1547) owned dozens of castles, mansions and palaces. One that remains today is the magnificent Hampton Court Palace in […]
British Antarctic Territory
Britain’s two tallest mountains by far ~ Mount Hope (10,627ft.) and Mount Jackson (10,446ft.) ~ sit within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT), […]
North York Moors
Designated a National Park in 1952, the North York Moors comprise 355,000 acres of rural land with an Australia-shaped outline in the […]
Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown
Northumbrian Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown (1716-83) entered landscape gardening with an enthusiasm and vision that propelled him to the top of his profession. […]
David Bellamy, environmentalist
Dr David Bellamy, OBE (1933-2019) grew up in London but moved to Durham in 1960, where he lectured in the University’s Botany […]
Postcodes
Any UK, Isle of Man or Channel Island address can be found in the Royal Mail database simply by using its postcode […]
Buckingham Palace
King James I & VI (1566-1625) tried his hand at sericulture on 42 acres in central London in the early 1600s, but […]
Hedgehogs
It is not known exactly how many of these spine-backed, small, hibernating mammals there are in the UK, but the estimate is […]