Bringing a little colour to your life each day - with six things that delight, inform and entertain.
Unsinkable Sam (also known as Oskar or Oscar) is the nickname of a ship's cat who purportedly served during World War II with both the Kriegsmarine and the Royal Navy and survived the sinking of three ships.
Mysterious carvings in Cornwall which have been tentatively dated to the Early Bronze Age - their purpose and meaning unknown.
Great big glorious gannets are often shown on our television screens nesting in huge numbers on inaccessible sea cliffs and islets. But they breed in significant numbers at only a few localities and so are an Amber List species.
"Sewer King" Sir Joseph William Bazalgette (1819 –1891) was a civil engineer, most famous for the creation of a sewer network for central London, which cleaned up the human waste that brought disease and stench to the capital, and consequently saved many lives over the years.
The recipe for HP Sauce, one of Britain’s favourite condiments, was developed by Nottingham Grocer Frederick Gibson Garton. He created the sauce in his pickling factory at the back of 47 Sandon Street in Basford in 1896.
“Back to square one!” is a phrase widely used to indicate starting again after a failure or dead end. But its origins are in dispute, although there are two prime candidates.
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