Bringing a little colour to your life each day - with six things that delight, inform and entertain.
The Glenfinnan Viaduct is a renowned feat of Victorian engineering and the longest concrete railway bridge in Scotland. It takes the West Highland Railway over the River Finnan 100ft below, on its journey between Fort William and Mallaig – and is one of the most picturesque train rides in the world.
Young London chemist William Perkin brought a new colour to the world in 1856 with the invention of a vibrant artificial purple. He was actually trying to create a completely different product ...
William Cookworthy rose from humble Quaker beginnings in the 1700s to become the founder of the British Porcelain Industry.
Mice are well-known for their adaptability to survive in different environments. But London's Underground must be one of the most unnatural for them imaginable. Yet the mice thrive ...
The Museum of the Home, based in Hoxton, London, has recently been redeveloped to allow more of its rich collection of domestic furnishings through British history to be displayed.
Cheshire cheese is one of the oldest recorded named cheeses in British history: it is first mentioned, along with a Shropshire cheese, by Thomas Muffet in his book "Health's Improvement" (c. 1580). It has been said that the cheese is mentioned in the Domesday Book, but this is sadly not true!
Six things to delight and entertain you every day.