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Longhorn cattle standing on path

The forgotten history of drovers roads

Red sign with the words Cats Eyes Removed

The danger of Cats Eyes Removed

A folly on a hillside in Somerset

Follies – fantastic or foolish?

People at a Brexit demonstration. A protester carries a European Union flag and a British flag

Why did Brexit happen?

English Countryside with the low sun showing a rippled pattern in the field caused by the medieval Ridge And Furrow system

Why some fields have a rippled surface

Wreath on door

Why we have Christmas door wreaths

Coat Of Arms

What is a coat of arms?

Group of grey and white chickens

How modern English evolved

Edwardian Houses

How old is your house?

Castle Combe, a very charming village in the Cotswolds area of the UK

Why this isn’t a typical English village

Terraced Houses In Chester

Why are there so many terraced houses?

A road sign saying Welcome to Beer please drive carefully. Beer is a town in Devon.

Why British places have such strange names

Two men thatching a roof

What traditional British last names mean

Boys fighting with wooden weapons outside ruined castle

The most important dates in British history

Berrington Hall is a large country house set in grassy parkland with large trees and sheep.

Who was Capability Brown?

Hidcote garden

Where to find the best British gardens

Map showing the counties of England

British counties explained

A British roast dinner, consisting of roasted meat, roast potatoes, boiled carrots, peas and broccoli plus a Yorkshire pudding and stuffing balls

British food – good or bad?

Group of people on horses in front of a large country house. The people are wearing clothes used for foxhunting

What is foxhunting?

Saxon-style huts at an open air museum in Suffolk

Britain’s best living history museums

Side of pub building showing a colorful sign hanging from the wall and the words 'free house'

Pubs: what are they?

Burton Agnes Hall in Yorkshire, built in 1598

Why Britain has so many large country houses

Caernarfon Castle in Wales at sunset

Why Britain has so many castles

Elegant waste bin with City of London embossed on it and a coat of arms

What is the City of London?