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.
A collection of articles related to witches, fairies and monsters in british folklore.
Here you will find grouped together articles and features about British sport, and stars of British sport. Association Football, aka Soccer As that well known…
Here you will find grouped together articles and features about traditional British food and drink, a vital part of British culture and what makes the…
Here you will find articles about British fashion and costume from Norman times through to the 1960s.
Read a selection of articles and features about famous British authors, poets and playwrights.
Life in Post War Britain was very different from that of the 1920s and 1930s. The 1950s and 1960s saw many scientific advances, the rise of the teenager and teen culture, rock music, foreign food…
How did the Anglo-Saxons celebrate Christmas? Christmas is, after all, an Anglo-Saxon word: Cristesmæsse…
Ever wondered how much food a person was entitled to during rationing in World War Two?
Carved figures of the Green Man appear on our churches and cathedrals yet this is an ancient pagan symbol of rebirth, traditionally associated with May Day…
Richard Wilson, considered the “father” of British landscape painting, is perhaps Wales’s greatest artist.