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.
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Dundee Comics
Dundee is famously renowned for ‘Jute, Jam and Journalism’ and in particular, comics like the Beano and the Dandy…
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The Folklore Year – November
The Folklore Year – traditional folklore and culture of Britain, events taking place every year in November
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Wilfred Owen
Tragically killed in action in France seven days prior to the Armistice in 1918, Wilfred Owen has become one of the nation’s most loved war poets…
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Yorkshire Dialect
Eh by gum! Yorkshire is the largest county in England with a very distinct dialect…
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson is one of the most famous English poets of all time, with a career spanning 62 years…
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Mother’s Ruin
The history of gin, also known as Mother’s Ruin, once used as medicine for curing gout and indigestion!
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How to be the Ravenmaster
Guest writer John Owen Theobald meets the Ravenmaster of the Tower of London, and discovers just what it means to hold the fate of the kingdom of Britain in his hands…
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Witches, Monsters & Fairies in British Folklore
A collection of articles related to witches, fairies and monsters in british folklore.