Bringing a little colour to your life each day - with six things that delight, inform and entertain.
The Chester Rows are a set of structures in each of the four main streets of Chester, consisting of a series of covered walkways on the first floor, behind which are entrances to shops and other premises. At street level is another set of shops and other premises, many of which are entered by going down a few steps.
John Lewis came to London from a modest background in Somerset and founded the famous John Lewis Department Store on Oxford Street.
Near Godalming, Surrey, lies a romantic hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake. It was built by the famous swindler James Whitaker Wright with his ill-gotten gains, as a statement of his status in Victorian society. Whitaker Wright committed suicide with a cyanide pill at London's Royal Courts of Justice when he was subsequently convicted of fraud.
Wensleydale is a crumbly and mild hard cheese originally produced in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire.
The often overlooked lichen is a plant with its own unusual way of life. It is a symbiotic organism made up of a fungus and an alga or cyanobacterium (or sometimes both) that can feel at home in almost any location.
There's plenty of military history to be found around Britain - often on your doorstep. Indeed, it is surprising how often, walking in the countryside or along the coast, you come across an abandoned concrete or brick structure of no current purpose or architectural merit. These are often pillboxes, reminders of the frightening days when the nation expected a Nazi invasion at any moment.
Six things to delight and entertain you every day.