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.
Kissing Friday
The Friday after Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday is Kissing Friday. You may wonder why you haven’t heard of this strange custom…
The Folklore Year – February
The Folklore Year – traditional folklore and culture of Britain, events taking place every year in February
Eve of St Agnes
January 20th is the Eve of St Agnes, traditionally the night when girls and unmarried women wishing to dream of…
A Tudor Christmas
The twelve days of Christmas would have been a most welcome break for the workers on the land, which in Tudor times would have been the majority of the people.
Charles Darwin and the Origin of Species
On 24th November 1859, ‘On The Origin of Species’ by Charles Darwin was published: a historically momentous publication that would change the way we view and study science for generations to come.
The Real Lewis Carroll and Alice
Ask who wrote the novel ‘Alice In Wonderland’ and most people will reply Lewis Carroll. However Lewis Carroll was a pen-name; the author’s real name was Charles Dodgson…
Thomas De Quincey
Thomas De Quincey, a Romantic in the City. De Quincey’s story is one of addiction and the city…