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The first Valentine cards in Britain

The first Valentine cards in Britain

The first recorded association of Valentine's Day with romantic love is believed to be in a poem by Chaucer in 1382. Poems, tokens of love, and handmade cards followed through the ages until the arrival of printing brought the modern manufactured Valentine's card from the 1800s.

The Puffin - popular and appealing seabirds

The Puffin - popular and appealing seabirds

The Atlantic puffin is one of the most recognisable and popular of Britain's seabirds, with its bright orange beak and webbed feet. It breeds in the North Atlantic and the adjacent Arctic Ocean, with a significant population to be found around Britain and Ireland, where it is the second most abundant breeding seabird.

Frank Matcham - greatest of the theatre architects

Frank Matcham - greatest of the theatre architects

Many of the lovely old theatres in the UK are the creation of one man. Frank Matcham (1854-1920) was a prolific English architect who specialised in the design of theatres and music halls. His architectural innovations helped to make theatre-going a popular mainstream experience.

The Cotswolds - honey-coloured villages in gorgeous scenery

The Cotswolds - honey-coloured villages in gorgeous scenery

The Cotswolds is a particularly scenic and 'typically English' area in a central southern part of the country between Oxford and Gloucester around the Cotswold Hills. It is renowned for its rolling hills and pretty villages made of mellow local stone, winding country roads and picturesque farmland.

Kensington's Statue of Queen Vic

Kensington's Statue of Queen Vic

Queen Victoria, who became known as the 'Grandmother of Europe', has more dedications, place namings and other commemorations than any other non-religious figure - including thousands of statues. One of these is situated at Kensington Palace, London, and was sculpted by Victoria's fourth child Princess Louise.

Fingal's Cave - a volcanic geological inspiration

Fingal's Cave - a volcanic geological inspiration

Fingal's Cave is a sea cave on the uninhabited island of Staffa, in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. It is known for its dramatic shape and natural acoustics. It is formed entirely from hexagonal basalt columns, similar in structure to the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland.

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