Bringing a little colour to your life each day - with six things that delight, inform and entertain.
Senate House, probably London's most imposing art-deco building - certainly in terms of scale - also often doubles as 1920's America in television dramas and films. It was actually built from 1932 to 1937 and is the administrative centre of the University of London.
Loch Ness may be best known for the mythical monster, but this long and deep freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands is a beautiful location whether or not you get a glimpse of Nessie!
The Tamworth is considered Britain’s oldest pure breed and is similar in appearance to the Old English Forest Pig. They came to public attention and gained a reputation for intelligence in 1998, when the ‘Tamworth Two’, Sundance and Butch, spent a week on the run after absconding from a Wiltshire abattoir.
There has probably never been an artist quite like Aubrey Beardsley. His black ink drawings were influenced by Japanese woodcuts, and emphasised the grotesque, the decadent, and the erotic.
Devised by Isaac Newton in 1668, the reflecting telescope changed the field of astronomy forever. Instead of using several lenses as in a refracting telescope (such as the type Galileo created), a reflecting telescope uses mirrors to focus light.
Huntley & Palmers was a leading British firm of biscuit makers, originally based in Reading. The company created one of the world's first global brands and ran what was once the world’s largest biscuit factory.
Six things to delight and entertain you every day.