Stonehenge
Stonehenge in Wiltshire is Crown property and its mysterious origins and purpose remain unknown, although Druids believe…
Windsor Castle
The neighbouring towns of Ascot and Windsor in Berkshire lie just 20 miles from central London and…
Galton and Simpson
Raymond (Ray) Percy Galton (1930-2018) and Alan Francis Simpson (1929-2017) were both Londoners, both 6’4″ tall, both…
Harold Pinter
Londoner Harold Pinter (1930-2008), writer for stage, screen and print, actor and director, was awarded the 2005…
Neutrons
Mathematician and physicist Sir James Chadwick (1891-1974) from Cheshire discovered the third type of sub-atomic particle, namely…
Gretna Green
“We two matched for mating Came, handclasped, at last, Where the blacksmith was waiting To fetter us…
Fêtes, fairs and fayres
Medieval fairs were travelling or occasional marketplaces for traders, with a few refreshment stalls on the periphery.…
The right of peaceful assembly
Large crowds are desirable for a ticketed or invitation event or meeting, but the right of peaceful…
English billiards
Cleopatra: “Let it alone. Let’s to billiards. Come, Charmian.” ~ from Shakespeare’s ‘Antony and Cleopatra’ (1606) This…
Hymns
Most people know the joy of communal singing and a church, with its acoustic qualities, provides an…
The Civil Service
Members of Parliament can be regarded as the front-end, public-facing partners of His/Her Majesty’s Home Civil Service (HCS),…
Magistrates’ Courts
There remain around 200 operational UK Magistrates’ Courts (called Justice of the Peace (JP) Courts in Scotland)…