Bringing a little colour to your life each day - with six things that delight, inform and entertain.
An innocent Scottish farmhouse hides the entrance to RAF Troywood, a Cold War nuclear bunker 100ft underground. Had there been a nuclear war, Scotland would have been governed from here. Since being decommissioned, it can now be visited by the public.
The Severn bore is a rare tidal phenomeon that provides a remarkable regular demonstration of natural water power along a 21-mile stretch of the river from Awre near Stroud to Maisemore Weir, just beyond Gloucester. It occurs when the leading edge of the incoming tide forms a wave that travels against the direction of the River's current.
Scottish-born Alexander Graham Bell patented his concept of the telephone in 1876, having emigrated to Canada with his parents at the age of 23 and much of his scientific work took place there and in the United States.
Liverpool Lime Street was built as the main terminus station for the city of Liverpool in the early days of the railways. Opened in August 1836, it is the oldest still-operating grand terminus mainline station in the world. The original station was designed by architects John Cunningham, Arthur Holme, and John Foster Jr, though subsequent elements have been added to other designs.
Mail coaches were introduced to Britain in the late eighteenth century, to provide a more speedy and cost effective system of transport for the post, but also to carry travellers around the country.
Tardigrades, or 'water bears', are rather appealing microscopic-sized animals and the first known species to survive after exposure to outer space.
Six things to delight and entertain you every day.