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.
A Medieval Christmas
Some well known modern Christmas traditions have their roots in the Medieval celebrations…
C.B. Fry
Is it a train…Is it a plane…or is it C.B. Fry? The amazing sporting career and life of C.B. Fry.
The Tolpuddle Martyrs
In March 1834 six English farm labourers were sentenced to 7 years transportation to a penal colony in Australia – for being in a trade union…
Introduction of Tobacco to England
The usual date given for the arrival of tobacco in England is 27th July 1586, when it is said Sir Walter Raleigh brought it to England from Virginia…
William Shakespeare
The most famous of all English playwrights was born in 1564 and died on St Georges Day, in 1616. His birthday is celebrated on 23rd April in Stratford-upon-Avon…
The Hereford Mappa Mundi
The Mappa Mundi is housed in Hereford Cathedral and is one of Britain’s finest medieval treasures. But what is a Mappa Mundi?
Rule Britannia
The patriotic song ‘Rule, Britannia!, Britannia rule the waves’, is traditionally performed at the ‘Last Night of the Proms’…