Bringing a little colour to your life each day - with six things that delight, inform and entertain.
Glance upwards in many of Britain’s great cathedrals and churches and you may well catch sight of the Green Man looking down at you, with tree leaves curling from his mouth. After being a neglected part of Britain's folk history, the Green Man, and related festivals in his honour, had something of a revival in the 20th century, and many continue to this day, particularly around the time of May Day. But who, you may ask, is he?
"Frankenstein" or "The Modern Prometheus" is an 1818 novel written by English author Mary Shelley. It tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment.
The common daisy is probably Britain's best known wildflower, carpetting many a lawn or grass verge with its long-lasting jolly white and yellow flowers. Purists might regard them as weeds, but to many they bring the spirit of summer.
People have skated for pleasure outdoors for thousands of years, but the indoor rink is a much more recent phenomenon - first appearing in London in the 1840s - the amazing Glaciarium!
Eltham Palace in South East London is a uniquely charming combination of Tudor Palace and wealthy industrialists' luxury 1930's Art Deco home. It has frequently featured as a setting in films and television programmes.
Bede, a monk of the important Northumbrian monastery of Jarrow in the 7th/8th centuries, is widely recognised as the greatest Anglo-Saxon scholar of his day. His most famous work, 'Ecclesiastical History of the English People', gained him the title 'The Father of English History'.
Six things to delight and entertain you every day.