Bringing a little colour to your life each day - with six things that delight, inform and entertain.
Introduced into the UK in the 1870s, the diminutive little owl has flourished here, and can now be seen along hedgerows, on farmland and in parkland across England and Wales. It often perches on a pole or rock, looking out for its unsuspecting prey.
There has probably never been an artist quite like Aubrey Beardsley. His black ink drawings were influenced by Japanese woodcuts, and emphasised the grotesque, the decadent, and the erotic.
Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth is a village in a quiet corner of Lincolnshire, near Grantham. It contains Woolsthorpe Manor, the family home of Isaac Newton, who realised the nature of gravity here, when he saw an apple fall from an apple tree in the orchard.
Since 1965, the Landmark Trust has been saving historic buildings that are at risk and giving them a new and secure future - usually as quirky holiday lets.
The recipe for HP Sauce, one of Britain’s favourite condiments, was developed by Nottingham Grocer Frederick Gibson Garton. He created the sauce in his pickling factory at the back of 47 Sandon Street in Basford in 1896.
Young London chemist William Perkin brought a new colour to the world in 1856 with the invention of a vibrant artificial purple. He was actually trying to create a completely different product ...
Six things to delight and entertain you every day.