Over 3m bottles of wine are produced by over 500 wineries in England each year, with English wine growing in popularity, quality and quantity. Most vineyards are in the southern counties of Hampshire, Surrey, Sussex and Kent and there are over 2,023 hectares (5,000 acres)…
Continue reading...Guy Fawkes Night (Bonfire Night), 5th November One of the biggest nights of the year in Britain is Guy Fawkes Night, otherwise called Bonfire Night or Fireworks Night. The annual event, observed on 5th November since 1605, commemorates the arrest of the Roman Catholic Guy…
Continue reading...The phrase "spend a penny" in British English means to urinate. For example, before leaving the house, someone might say "please wait, I need to spend a penny", or asking a child before a long journey, "do you need to spend a penny?". The origin…
Continue reading...Here in the UK we have a curious mix of units of measurement, some metric, some imperial, which is unique to Britain and reflects the older imperial measurements slowly giving way to considerable use of metric (SI) units of measure, with some notable exceptions stuck…
Continue reading...The Tower of London, London's top tourist attraction, which has been closed to visitors due to the pandemic reopened on 19th May, 2021. Tickets can be booked at: https://www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/visit/tickets-and-prices/ UPDATE: 9th August, 2021 - latest video of the queue at the Tower of London. I have…
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