Bringing a little colour to your life each day - with six things that delight, inform and entertain.
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!
Though it is now an international game, cricket is still largely seen as a quintessentially English pastime, a summer adornment to a village green. It can be traced back at least as far as 1300.
The iconic cover of the Beatles' album Segeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was designed by pop artists Jann Haworth and Peter Blake. The image is well-known for the eclectic and sometimes unexpected range of famous figures pictured alongside the Famous Four; including psychologist Carl Jung, 19th-Century Prime Minister Robert Peel and playwright George Bernard Shaw.
For 87 years, from 1854 until 1941, a bizarre train service - the London Necropolis Railway - ran an almost daily service from Waterloo Station carrying the dead out to Brookwood Cemetery, 23 miles south west from London in Surrey. It was the solution to a challenging problem - where to bury the bodies of those who had died.
Kilver Court gardens in Shepton Mallet, Somerset were once the grounds of a country house. The impressive planting and waterfall are overlooked by the disused Charlton Railway Viaduct as it crosses the River Sheppey - providing a breathtaking 15-metre-high backdrop to the gardens.
The Ffestiniog Railway is a narrow-gauge heritage railway in north Wales. It runs from Porthmadog on the coast to the slate mining town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, travelling through forested and mountainous scenery.
Six things to delight and entertain you every day.