Bringing a little colour to your life each day - with six things that delight, inform and entertain.
Bramshill House, near Basingstoke in Hampshire, is one of the largest and most important Grade I-listed Jacobean mansions in Britain. It was built in the early 17th century by the 11th Baron Zouche of Harringworth, and is notable for its decorative architecture influenced by the Italian Renaissance.
Macbeth, the villain of Shakespeare's famous play, was a real king of Scotland, and seems to have been quite a good one! His name means "son of life". Shakespeare is thought to have chosen to portray Macbeth as wicked to please his new king.
Nearly a thousand years old, the massive, imposing and dramatic Westminster Hall, is the oldest surviving part of the Palace of Westminster and scene of many significant events in British history. When erected in 1097 by King William II ('William Rufus'), it was the largest hall in Europe.
The Battle of Sedgemoor marked the climactic failure of the Monmouth Rebellion in the 17th century, wherein the Duke of Monmouth (an illegitimate son of Charles II) unsuccessfully rallied supporters in the South West of England to try to overthrow King James II.
The Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements (FAAM), based at the Cranfield University campus alongside Cranfield Airport in Bedfordshire, conducts pioneering research about weather activities and air conditions with a specially equipped aircraft.
Ponden Hall is a former farmhouse near Stanbury in West Yorkshire, and is reputedly the inspiration for several distinctive buildings in the works of both Anne and Emily Brontë.
Six things to delight and entertain you every day.