Bringing a little colour to your life each day - with six things that delight, inform and entertain.
Do yellow snowdrops exist? Yes they do (or, at least, snowdrops with yellow markings) and and they are highly sought after. In 2022, a single bulb of Galanthus plicatus 'Golden Tears', bred by Joe Sharman of Monksilver Nursery near Cambridge, sold for £1,850!
The life of a sailor was for most of British history a perilous one. But aside from the usual risks of shipwreck, disease, accident and mistreatment, the most dreaded fate was to find oneself working aboard a so-called "coffin ship" ...
Paul Nash was a British painter, printmaker, illustrator, and photographer who achieved recognition for the war landscapes he painted during both world wars. Nash was among the most important landscape artists of the first half of the twentieth century.
Many of our words have shifted meaning over the years. For instance, it is well-known that mews houses were originally accommodation for horses and coachmen. But, in fact, the word has a slightly different original meaning.
One of the darkest substances known is Vantablack, absorbing up to 99.965% of visible light. It was developed in Britain in 2014, and first displayed at the Farnborough Air Show.
The Belle Tout Lighthouse is a decommissioned lighthouse, now holiday accommodation, and a much-filmed British coastal landmark located on Beachy Head, East Sussex. It is the precursor of the current Beachy Head lighthouse that stands in the sea at the foot of the cliffs.
Six things to delight and entertain you every day.