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.
William Armstrong
Inventor, engineer, industrialist and philanthropist, William Armstrong the 1st Baron Armstrong is sometimes called Britain’s forgotten genius…
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways…” So begins Sonnet 43 from poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s “Sonnets from the Portuguese”…
The Loch Ness Monster On Land
The Loch Ness monster is well known to be a water dwelling creature, but few realise that over the years it has reputedly been spotted on land…
Boy, Prince Rupert’s Dog
Boy was a white hunting poodle belonging to Prince Rupert of the Rhine during the English Civil War. Devoted to his master and considered a mascot, Boy accompanied the Prince everywhere, even onto the battlefield at Marston Moor…
Churchill and the Armoured Train Incident
The armoured train incident. The capture of Winston Churchill by Boer forces on November 15th 1899 during the Second Boer War…
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Writer and physician, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is best known for his books about the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes…
School Dinners in the 1950s and 1960s
School dinners… love them or hate them they were an integral part of life for most children in the 1950s and 1960s…
Grace Darling
The daring and bravery of lighthouse keeper’s daughter Grace Darling made her a national heroine. On 7th September 1838, she and her father ventured out into a ferocious storm to rescue the survivors of the SS Forfarshire…
