Pub and restaurant opening hours
The Licensing Act, 2003, (for England and Wales) allows premises selling alcohol to be open for twenty-three…
The Licensing Act, 2003, (for England and Wales) allows premises selling alcohol to be open for twenty-three…
The UK’s ‘God save the Queen’ (or King, as appropriate) is actually the royal anthem but it…
Jayne Torvill, OBE (1957-) and Christopher Dean, OBE (1958-), from Nottingham, are the most successful couple in…
Many householders would like to be able to grow their own fruit and vegetables, but their gardens…
Robert Recorde (1510-58) was born in Tenby and, astonishingly, died in debtors’ prison, but he had had…
The Battle of Trafalgar was won under the inspired leadership of Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson and, after…
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) wrote the poem ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner‘ as the first entry…
The celebration of Mothering Sunday was firstly Christianised, then Americanised and finally commercialised into its present form.…
The ability to keep a stiff upper lip is particularly attributed to the British. If one’s upper…
The River Severn is Britain’s longest river and one of the most turbulent, with a tidal range…
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