St. Augustine
Some say that our first Christian visitors landed in Britain in the year 37. Certainly the religion…
Elton John
Sir Elton John, CBE, was born in 1947 in Middlesex and is an award-winning, record-breaking musical phenomenon.…
Discrimination in the Workplace
All British subjects possess what are called ‘protected characteristics’ in one way or another. These encompass gender,…
Sir Edward Elgar
Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934) was born in Worcestershire and taught himself to play the piano and the…
Robert Hooke
A genius of his time, Robert Hooke is known today for Hooke’s Law, as explained in this…
Wave Energy
The British Isles are surrounded by the natural resource of the sea, making the possibility of producing…
The Flushing Toilet
Sir John Harington (1560-1612) invented the flushing toilet for his own manor house in Somerset and his…
Welly wanging
This is a sport, honestly. The ordinary welly, or Wellington boot, has predecessors going back to the…
The Domesday Book
The invasion of Britain by William the Conqueror in 1066 was devastating for the English nobility, because…
Remembrance Sunday
After World War 1, also known as the Great War, a two-minute silence was observed every year…
The Quakers
The Quakers (or the ‘Religious Society of Friends’) were one of the breakaway religious groups which formed during…
Cat idioms
An idiom is a phrase which should not be taken literally but whose meaning is alluded to…