High Wycomb is a small town west of London. Every year, the charter trustees elect a mayor, who, upon taking office, is immediately weighed on a huge scale by officials wearing period costumes from the Eighteenth Century...
https://www.neatorama.com/2022/02/04/The-Annual-Weighing-of-the-Mayor-of-High-Wycombe/[https://youtu.be/OdV7nHqEf1Q] (YouTube link)There's a royal wedding coming up, as Prince Harry will marry American actress Meghan Markle on May 19, and today Queen Elizabeth II turns 92 years old. Happy Birthday, Your M...
https://www.neatorama.com/2018/04/21/These-Six-Stories-Are-as-British-as-it-Gets/Britain has its share of "follies," or architectural stru...
https://www.neatorama.com/2017/04/15/5-Converted-Follies-in-the-UK/Probably due to its long and contentious history,... ...n’t swing a cat without hitting a castle in Britain . In this list of a couple dozen castles, some are... ...of Northumberland.Learn about 23 other castles in Britain
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/01/30/24-of-Britains-Best-Castles/In this ad for Heathrow airport, Stephen Fry explains how they do things in the United Kingdom. The small things that matter, like the After You Loop and the constant passive-aggressiveness that dominate social interacti...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/01/06/Stephen-Frys-Guide-to-the-UK/[https://youtu.be/2PDry2U5mNY]YouTube LinkSiobhan... ...In this episode, she discusses animals native to Britain that we won't see running wild here in the United...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/04/21/British-Animals-Not-Found-in-the-United-States/Canada Lynx were almost wiped out in the Western U... ...oe hare. Can a similar program bring lynx back to Britain ?The Eurasian lynx was a part of the British fores... ...bout the “rewilding” plan for lynx in Britain
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/03/16/Bringing-Lynx-Back-to-Britain/We know enough about the royal couple, Will and Ka... ...t on the run, 2006 / CC-BY-SA-3.0 & GFDL-1.2.) Britain has an enormous appetite for summer festivals. Th... ...Your Job Doesn’t Mean Losing Your MansionIn Britain , if you’ve lost your job or simply taken a... ...than 70,000 acres being...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/01/23/10-Interesting-Things-About-Great-Britain/[http://youtu.be/E5OrW9YOK-4]YouTube LinkIf your'e... ...set of tastes between the cultures. For example, Britain seems to have slightly more of a taste for licori...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/01/09/15-British-Sweets-Everyone-Should-Try/Beginning in the Middle Ages, England imported tons of tea from China. What could they export? China was draining the British Empire of silver and gold, but did not want their natural resources -until the British began s...
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