Bringing a little colour to your life each day - with six things that delight, inform and entertain.
The Turnstone can be spotted pacing around large stones on rocky and gravelly shores, flipping them over to look for prey. It can even lift rocks as big as its own body! Although a migrant to the UK, it can be seen all year-round as different populations arrive throughout the seasons.
Two well-equipped British ships, HMS Terror and HMS Erebus, left England in 1845 to search for the Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific through the Arctic Ocean. But their expedition was ill-fated, and they were last seen in 1848, and all evidence of them vanished for nearly 170 years.
Not far from Stonehenge, in the county of Wiltshire, lies the even larger Avebury stone circle. Though less complete - and a little less grand - than its more famous neighbour, Avebury boasts a more peaceful environment in which to contemplate antiquity, plus a handy country pub!
Tintagel Castle is a now-ruined medieval-era creation located on the small peninsula of Tintagel Island, in north Cornwall. Its location is famed as the legendary birthplace of King Arthur, and the 13th-century castle that stood here was built several centuries after his supposed reign, in honour of the mythic British hero king.
Edmund Burke was an Anglo-Irish statesman, economist, and philosopher. Born in Dublin in 1729, Burke served as a member of parliament between 1766 and 1794 in the House of Commons with the Whig Party. His philosophy has much influenced British political thinking, particularly the Conservative tradition.
Rugby School in Warwickshire was founded in 1567, making it one of the oldest independent schools in Britain. Its alumni include a UK Prime Minister (Neville Chamberlain), as well as several bishops, poets and scientists.
Six things to delight and entertain you every day.