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.
Hysterical Victorian Women
Mad women have been a subject of scientific curiosity for centuries. But were mad women truly insane? Or were they simply the undesirables of society where incarceration was a convenient option? Let’s take a look…
The Mods
Mods are synonymous with the Swinging Sixties. Whilst Rockers wore leather jackets and jeans, their rivals the Mods wore Fred Perry and Ben Sherman shirts, with a Parka coat on top…
Inigo Jones
The Father of the English Palladian style, Inigo Jones was a legendary architect, bringing a taste of the Italian Renaissance to some of the most notable buildings in England.
The year that was… 1953
Coronation Year 1953 – how we lived in the early 1950s… There was virtually no vandalism, swearing in public places was an offence, and gentlemen still gave up their seats to ladies in buses and trams.
Air Clubs of World War Two
It may not be immediately obvious what a caterpillar, a goldfish, a guinea pig and a boot with wings all have in common. However, these are all names of air clubs that were formed before or during World War Two…
The Winged Boot Club
The ‘Late Arrivals Club’ or Winged Boot Club was born during the Western Desert Campaign in 1941. During this conflict many airmen were shot down, bailed out of aircraft, or crash landed deep in the desert. They then had to make their way back to safety, often from behind enemy lines…
The Goldfish Club
The main aim of the unique Goldfish Club is ‘to keep alive the spirit of comradeship arising from the mutual experience of members surviving, “coming down in the drink”…
Guinea Pig Club
Established in 1941, The Guinea Pig Club was a social and support club for airmen who had sustained catastrophic burn injuries during World War Two and so called in honour of the experimental treatments of pioneering plastic surgeon, Sir Archibald McIndoe…
