Bringing a little colour to your life each day - with six things that delight, inform and entertain.
The tiny Scottish island of Iona is thought to be the first Christian site in Scotland and was the burial place of many early Scottish kings including Macbeth. The late Labour Party leader John Smith was also buried here in the Abbey cemetery in 1994.
Sir Joseph Swan was a pioneer of the electric lighting industry, photographic processes, and a President of the Institution of Electrical Engineers. His early development of the electric lightbulb actually pre-dates that of Thomas Edison, who is often credited with being the inventor.
The Mourne Mountains are the highest and most dramatic mountain range in Northern Ireland, their summits crowned by granite tors. The mountains themselves are criss-crossed by a network of paths and tracks, which have led it to be voted the ‘Best Walking Destination’ in Northern Ireland.
Swooping in and stealing your chips or ice-cream with a screech, the herring gull is the typical scavenger seagull of Britain's seaside resorts. A large gull, it is similar in appearance to the Common Gull, but has a distinctive red spot on its bill.
The Big Pit National Coal Museum at Torfaen, Wales, was an active coal mine from 1860 to 1980, and then re-opened in 1983 as a fascinating museum of Wales' mining heritage. The Coal Museum is part of the Blaenavon World Heritage Site
The silver birch is a slender elegant medium-sized British native tree. Famed for its white bark and its catkin blossoms and an attractive sight in its natural habitats, the tree is an increasingly popular choice as a decorative addition to new urban developments, as it grows very quickly and copes with a wide range of conditions.
Six things to delight and entertain you every day.