Bringing a little colour to your life each day - with six things that delight, inform and entertain.
Burgh Island is a small island near Bigbury-on-Sea in south Devon, separated from the mainland by a tidal channel. It is notable for being the location of a grand Art Deco hotel, with associations to Agatha Christie, and for the bizarre 'sea tractor' that transports visitors over to the island at high tide.
Though best known for its former steel industry, Sheffield is also the heartland of Liquorice Allsorts, invented by acident here in 1899 and still produced in the city in Bassetts' factory.
The black mulberry is not native to Britain. However, it was widely planted in Britain due to a campaign by King James I, who wanted a "home-grown" silk industry. Unfortunately, the black mulberry is the wrong tree for this!
Charlestown is the last open 18th Century Georgian harbour in the UK and a UNESCO world heritage site. By a quirk of history it remained unchanged whilst the world moved on around it, and is now the home of a fleet of tall ships.
Douglas Adams was an English author and humourist, best known for the BBC radio comedy series "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", which first aired in 1978, and introduced listeners to the awful possibility that any advanced galactic civilisation would be just as absurd and incompetent as late twentieth century Britain.
The Treasury Building near Downing Street is officially called Government Offices Great George Street (GOGGS). It is a large and monumentally impressive UK government office building situated in Westminster between Horse Guards Road, Great George Street, Parliament Street, King Charles Street and Parliament Square.
Six things to delight and entertain you every day.