Bringing a little colour to your life each day - with six things that delight, inform and entertain.
The town of Hastings, on England's south coast in Sussex, is home to Europe's largest fleet of beach-launched fishing boats. The pebble beach here has been used for beaching boats for more than a thousand years.
Anyone who has ever tried to grow brassicas of any kind will be aware of the devastating impact on their crops of the caterpillars of the Large White or Cabbage White butterfly. It is one of the most widespread species of butterfly found in the British Isles and can be found almost anywhere, including Orkney and Shetland.
Described by some as the "father of modern forensics", Bernard Spilsbury investigated many famous murder cases in the early twentieth century, including the Crippen case. He became famous as an almost infallible authority in the courtroom.
The dog rose, Rosa canina, is a scrambling shrub of woodland edges, sand dunes, and hedgerows, and is Britain's most common native wild rose. Another name for it is the briar rose.
Entrepreneur Harry Selfridge pioneered the concept of the department store in Britain with his grand flagship enterprise on London's Oxford Street (whose sculpture over the entrance is pictured), which is still the second largest shop in the UK - after Harrods. It opened on 15th March 1909.
The Common Holly (Ilex aquifolium) is one of Britain's few native evergreen trees. Commonly associated with Christmas, it has distinctive leaves and attrractive bright red berries.
Six things to delight and entertain you every day.