Culture UK
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.
The Town Crier
Oyez, oyez, oyez! was a common call on the streets of medieval England, as the town crier began his cry…
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens, Victorian author of Great Expectations and a Christmas Carol
The Epicure’s Alamanck
The first eating out guide to London, Epicure’s Almanack was written by Ralph Rylance and published in 1815. It lists…
The History of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships
A history of the Wimbledon tennis tournament championships in London.
The Queen’s Champion
The office of King’s Champion or Queen’s Champion (as the case may be), was first started in the reign of…