Haxey Hood  Held at Haxey, Humberside (formerly Lincolnshire), on Twelfth Night (6 January, unless this falls on a Sunday, when it takes pl...

London Underground (or London Tube) is certainly one of the British capital's landmarks. The first underground electric railway, the Cit...

Like a gigantic mouthful of teeth chewing away at the Peak District, the tangled rock escarpment of The Roaches forms one of the most dramat...

21st April 1926 was the day when Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, the Queen Elizabeth II , was born. Actually, at the time of her birth, nobody wo...

The morris dances of the Cotswold, Borders and North-West are all ritual not social dances and, as such, were traditionally performed only b...

Hartland Quay was once a thriving harbour, mainly because of the area's remote location and the difficulty of transporting goods by roa...

New Year is a minefield of superstitions. There is plenty of good luck to be garnered, but one foot wrong - first or otherwise - and ill-for...