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Marsh mallow - good to look at as well as taste

Marsh mallow - good to look at as well as taste

The Marsh Mallow is a British native perennial plant with pale pink flowers, becoming rare in this country. It prefers damp spots, and even waterlogged soil. And, yes, its history is indeed connected to the squidgy sugary confectionery.

Seahenge

Seahenge

In 1998, wave erosion gradually revealed a mysterious circle of tree stumps on the beach near Holme-next-the-Sea in Norfolk. After excavation, scientists discovered that the trees had all been felled in the spring of 2049 BC. The purpose of "Seahenge" remains unknown.

Bullfinch

Bullfinch

Bullfinches are small British songbirds celebrated for their striking appearance, with males boasting a vivid red chest, slate-grey back, and distinctive black cap.

Anderton Boat Lift - 'Cathedral of the Canals'

Anderton Boat Lift - 'Cathedral of the Canals'

The Anderton Boat Lift is a unique industrial structure that solved a problem of getting canal barges between two different levels of waterway. The two-caisson lift lock near the village of Anderton, Cheshire was built in 1875.

Art as advertising - Sir John Millais' 'Bubbles'

Art as advertising - Sir John Millais' 'Bubbles'

'Bubbles' (originally titled 'A Child's World') is an 1886 painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist Sir John Everett Millais. It is most famous for being used as an advertisement for Pears' soap over many generations.

The Mary Rose, Henry VIII's lost warship, raised in 1982

The Mary Rose, Henry VIII's lost warship, raised in 1982

The Mary Rose - Henry VIII's flagship warship, was lost in the Solent in 1545. She was recovered in 1982 in a highly complex raising operation, and has been on display to the public since then at the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard whilst undergoing restoration.

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