Bringing a little colour to your life each day - with six things that delight, inform and entertain.
The Norfolk & Suffolk Broads are an area of slow-moving rivers, fens, marshes and waterlogged woodland in the eastern parts of the counties. More than 125 miles of navigable lock-free waterways provide famous boating holiday destination, studded with charming towns and villages.
The trial of the Pendle Witches is one of the most notorious witch trials of the 17th century. In 1612, twelve people in the Lancashire town were accused of witchcraft, with one dying in custody, and eleven going to trial. Ten were executed at Lancaster Castle.
The Scenic Railway is a vintage wooden roller coaster still running at the Dreamland Amusement Park in Margate. First opened in 1920, it is the oldest roller coaster in the UK, and one of only eight scenic railways in the world. It has been awarded Grade II* listed status.
The gremlin is a fairly modern monster, arriving soon after the invention of the aeroplane as a destructive sprite that delights in making anything mechanical go horribly and inexplicably wrong. You definitely wouldn't want one on the loose in your workshop!
Walter 'Wat' Tyler was a leader of the 1381 Peasants' Revolt in England, also known as The Great Rising. He marched a group of rebels from Canterbury to London to oppose the institution of a poll tax, and to demand economic and social reforms. Although the brief rebellion enjoyed early success, Tyler was killed by officers loyal to King Richard II during negotiations at Smithfield, London.
In the short space in history between the typewriter and the personal computer sits the electronic word processor – a common fixture in offices from the mid-1970s to about 1990.
Six things to delight and entertain you every day.