The Last Invasion of Britain
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Forget 1066; this is the story of how one Welsh lady beat back a French invasion ..read more
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The Folklore Year – February
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The Folklore Year – traditional folklore and culture of Britain, events taking place every year in February ..read more
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The Act of Union
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Uniting the kingdoms of Scotland and England had been proposed for a hundred years before it actually happened in 1707 ..read more
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Greyfriars Bobby
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John Gray joined the Edinburgh Police Force as a night watchman in 1850. To keep him company through the winter nights John took a partner, a diminutive Skye Terrier, called Bobby. Together they became a familiar sight on the cobbled streets of the city ..read more
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Christmas Crackers
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2M ago
A history of Christmas Crackers… and why the British wear paper hats at the Christmas lunch table ..read more
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Lewes Snow Drop 1836
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The deadliest avalanche in British history took place, not in the mountains of Scotland or Wales as you may expect, but in 1836 in the town of Lewes, Sussex, just a few miles from the south coast of England ..read more
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The Real Jane Austen
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The life of Jane Austen, author of ‘Pride and Prejudice’, ‘Emma’, ‘Sense and Sensibility ..read more
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Rudyard Kipling
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Rudyard Kipling, poet and author, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907 in recognition of his great body of work, including ‘The Jungle Book’, ‘Kim’ and the poem ‘If ..read more
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The Miracles of St Thomas Becket
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The Miracles of St Thomas Becket The murder of Thomas Becket and the manner of his death in 1170 shocked the nation. His tomb in Canterbury Cathedral became a place of pilgrimage as tales of miracles spread ..read more
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The Folklore Year – December
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2M ago
The Folklore Year – traditional folklore and culture of Britain, events taking place every year in December ..read more
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