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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Blood, Betting and Baiting: The Dark History of England’s Pubs
Today’s pubs are friendly and welcoming places, but some of the more ancient inns hide a darker past of gambling…
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Folk Remedies
Thank goodness for the National Health Service! Who were the ‘Quake doctors’, how do you cure warts and what was the cure for baldness…?
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Pace Egging
Pace-Egging is an ancient Lancashire custom once widespread, and is still to be found in parts of the county today…
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The Folklore Year – Easter
The Folklore Year – traditional folklore and culture of Britain, events taking place every year at Easter
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Food in Britain in the 1950s and 1960s
Food in Britain changed tremendously in the 15 years from the end of rationing to the start of the 1970s…
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Spring Heeled Jack
Spring Heeled Jack terrorised Victorian society, but who was this 19th century Batman?
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Afternoon Tea
Afternoon tea, a very English custom! Read the history behind this most English tradition; china tea cups, scones, jam and clotted cream…