England ““O Oysters, come and walk with us!” The Walrus did beseech. “A pleasant walk, a pleasant...” Readings
England Oysters have a storied history in Britain: Before the Roman invasion, the British regarded them as a poorer substitute for meat or fish. The... Did You Know?
Orkney Islands This is the cockpit of “The Islander”—the small aircraft that offers commercial flights 1.7 miles each way from Westray to Papa Westray in the... Did You Know?
England “There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance; pray, love, remember; and there is pansies, that’s for thoughts… There’s...” Readings
London “Twenty minutes later the Bakerloo Line delivered them into the icy cold of Trafalgar Square. In...” Readings
United Kingdom “. . . for our purposes we must limit the definition of the mods to working...” Readings
England “Mr Plimsoll, himself a teetotaller, in opposing the bill, told some good stories of the inefficiency...” Readings
Scotland “Wring the Scottish rain clouds dry; Take sleet, the driving snow, the hail; Winter twilight; the...” Readings
Wales You’ve heard of Irish whiskey. You’ve heard of Scotch. But what about whiskey from their neighbor, Wales? After more than a century in exile... Did You Know?
England An 1852 edition of John Milton’s Poetical Works was bound in the skin of a murderer, George Cudmore. The practice of binding books in... Did You Know?
United Kingdom Burns Night Raising a toast to Scotland's bard by Marion McCready As usual, Highland Mary is looking down from her hill of flowering gorse, holding her bronze...
London “Some years ago, a temporary inability to sleep, referable to a distressing impression, caused me to...” Charles Dickens Readings
