The Needles on the Isle of Wight - make a point of seeing them!
The Needles are a row of three stacks of chalk, rising about 30m out of the English Channel, at the western end of the Isle of Wight, and marked by a lighthouse at their tip.
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The history of Cricket
Though it is now an international game, cricket is still largely seen as a quintessentially English pastime, a summer adornment to a village green. It can be traced back at least as far as 1300.
The secret purpose of Soho's "Tudor" hut
Anyone who has visited or worked in the Soho area of central London will be aware of the welcome patch of greeney that is Soho Square, together with its charming "Tudor" hut. A mock-Tudor gardener's hut, one might think?
Charles Keeping, artistic master of the macabre
Charles Keeping (1924 – 1988) was an English illustrator, children's book author and lithographer from London. He was particularly known for monotone illustrations of myths and poems, in a misty and often blood-soaked style that is very distinctive.
West Country Illuminated Carnivals - brightening up November
The West Country Carnival Circuits are an annual celebration featuring a parade of illuminated carts in Somerset. The celebration dates back to the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 and takes place over several weeks in November. The purpose is to raise money for local charities.
The Modern Fire Extinguisher
The first fire extinguisher ever patented was in 1723 by English chemist Ambrose Godfrey. However, it is the superior device created by fellow Englishman Captain George William Manby in 1818 that is the ancestor of the modern fire extinguisher.
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