The British Museum
Preservation, protection, research, enlightenment and understanding of the world’s history and cultures are all found in one…
The Jorvik (York) Viking Festival
The British do not usually celebrate invaders of their islands but when they come bearing gifts and…
The World Land Speed Record
British engineers and drivers have dominated the world land speed record over the last century. The current…
Sunday Schools
During the Industrial Revolution of the 18th and 19th centuries, multitudes of children worked in factories from…
Our Constitutional Monarchy
The current role of the British monarch is, on the surface, rather watered down compared to the…
Bridleways and Footpaths
A bridleway is a public right of way for travel on foot, on horseback or by bicycle and,…
The Scanning Electron Microscope
Professor Sir Charles William Oatley (1904-96) from Somerset worked on developing the scanning electron microscope (SEM) for…
Norman Britain
In 1066 the ‘Norsemen’ or ‘Vikings‘, returned to Britain in the guise of the Normans from France,…
Dartmoor and Exmoor
Of the UK’s 15 National Parks, Dartmoor is the 9th largest, with 368 sq.miles, while its neighbour,…
‘Red Dwarf’ space comedy
One of the most successful British sitcoms is ‘Red Dwarf’, which had 52 episodes in 1988-99 on…
London Fashion Week
The youngest of the ‘Big Four’ Fashion Weeks ~ the others being New York City (1943), Milan…
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Newcastle-upon-Tyne (as opposed to Staffordshire’s market town of Newcastle-under-Lyme) is England’s northernmost city by a tiny fraction…