Bringing a little colour to your life each day - with six things that delight, inform and entertain.
Autumn is arguably the perfect time to visit the world famous Westonbirt National Arboretum in Gloucestershire. The diversity and vibrancy of leaf colours to be found here are claimed to be unsurpassed in Britain, with fruits, hips and berries in profusion.
The Rudston Monolith is the tallest ancient megalith in the United Kingdom, at over 25 feet tall. It stands in the churchyard in the village of Rudston, in Yorkshire. How it got there is a mystery ...
The unique Jurassic and Cretaceous geology of the Yorkshire Coast brought ‘Father of English Geology’, William Smith, to Scarborough in the 19th century, and inspired him to design the impressive Rotunda Museum, which opened in 1829.
Perkin Warbeck was a pretender to the English throne in the 1490s. The King, Henry VII, was vulnerable to such claims, as his own right to rule was tenuous - having seized the throne in battle from Richard III.
In December 1926, crime novelist Agatha Christie disappeared from her home in Berkshire. An unprecedented manhunt followed, with more than one thousand policemen looking for her - along with hundreds of civilians.
The foxglove is a very familiar wild flower that can also look at home in an old-style cultivated cottage garden environment. It is much-loved by bees and has been selectively bred into many colours by gardeners. It is also both poisonous and life-saving - a source of drugs used for heart conditions.
Six things to delight and entertain you every day.