The Museum of the Home - see interiors change through the ages
The Museum of the Home, based in Hoxton, London, has recently been redeveloped to allow more of its rich collection of domestic furnishings through British history to be displayed.
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Lancaster Services - reminder of when motorways were an exciting concept
Lancaster (formerly Forton) Motorway Services is one of the oldest motorway service stations. Designed when motorways were regarded as fun highways to a glittering future, the service station even has a tower!
Skomer Island - a beautiful haven for birds and flowers off the Welsh coast
Skomer Island, just off the coast of Pembrokeshire, Wales, is known both as a wonderful refuge for marine birds and for its archaeological interest, with stone circles, standing stones and the remains of prehistoric houses.
The Otford Solar System
The Otford Solar System is a scale model of the solar system constructed in and around the village of Otford, near Sevenoaks in Kent.
The mysterious Royston Cave
Beneath a crossroads in the Hertfordshire town of Royston lies a man made cave. There was no record of its existence until it was accidentally discovered in 1742. Within the cave are mysterious carvings, and one theory is that this was a sacred place for the Knights Templar.
Eilmer, high-flying monk of Malmesbury
Eilmer of Malmesbury was a Benedictine monk in pre-Norman England best known for his early attempt at a gliding flight using wings.
Six things to delight and entertain you every day.