Who are the British? Do they really drink tea, eat roast beef and Yorkshire pudding and never leave home without an umbrella? Find out more about true Brits; past and present, myth and legend, fact and fiction.
Who are the British? What are the common traits that they share? The Opening Ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics gave the world an insight into Britain and the British character. The spectacle was a wonderful journey through British history, literature and music – and was, like the British, decidely eccentric…
According to the textbooks, Royalist and Parliamentarian soldiers could be identified on sight. The Royalists (so they say) were all about long flowing hair, feathered hats and lace: the Parliamentarians all leather, close-shaved heads and Bibles under their arms. But was it really as simple as that?
Percy Bysshe Shelley was one of the most prominent of English Romantic poets. His personal life however was chaotic, his political views radical and his early death, tragic,..
Metropolitan London has around 7,000 public houses – an average of 25 pubs per square mile! Some of these iconic watering holes are associated with important events in history…
Britain loves potatoes! Roasted, chipped, mashed – the humble potato has been a staple of our diet for hundreds of years, yet its humble origins lie far away, in the Andes…
Lucozade! Many baby boomers will remember this sparkling, lurid-coloured drink when the glass bottle still came wrapped in crinkly cellophane. This iconic tonic only appeared when a child was ill in bed and was bought from the chemist…
The Bakewell tart, with its characteristic white icing and cherry in the centre, is popular in cafes and homes all over Britain. But this is in fact not the original version as invented in Bakewell a few centuries ago.
To many Scots, the iconic and radioactive rust-coloured beverage IRN-BRU is not only a harbinger of home and comfort, but the only hangover cure that actually works!
From the original political parties the Tories and the Whigs, evolved two of the three main protaganists of the modern era, the Conservatives and the Liberals. But what happened to the Whigs you may ask…and who were they?
On 5 February 1811, George, Prince of Wales, was declared Regent of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. One of George’s first acts as Regent was to throw a grand party…