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6 Things About the UK Today
- The National Gas Museum - Leicester's powerful celebration of an industry August 18, 2026A handsome brick building in Leicester is home to an unusual but significant museum. The National Gas Museum collects the artefacts and machinery associated with Britain's rich history of gas manufacture and supply.
- The Red Squirrel - rare, but they're the natives! August 18, 2026The relatively rare red squirrel is the version native to the UK - having been around for approximately 10,000 years. They were almost driven to extinction, however, due to the invasion of the grey squirrel from North America.
- The first picture show - London, 1896 August 18, 2026The first public film shows in the UK to a paying audience took place in London in 1896. On 21st February that year, the Polytechnic Institute on Upper Regent Street near Oxford Circus hosted a display of the Lumière brothers' new moving-picture device, the Cinématographe.
- Chapel of St. Peter on the Wall - a Saxon repurposing of Roman bricks August 18, 2026The Chapel of St Peter-on-the-Wall, near the village of Bradwell-on-Sea, Essex, is a Grade I listed building and among the oldest largely intact Christian churches in England - dating from 660–662. It is in an isolated spot, in the flat countryside beyond the village.
- Leonard Woolley - the British archaeologist who uncovered ancient treasures in Iraq August 18, 2026In 1922 Howard Carter had discovered the treasures of Tutankhamen's tomb. Over in Iraq, fellow British archaeologist Leonard Woolley hoped to equal Carter's discoveries during his excavation of the ancient city of Ur. And within months he had uncovered amazing treasures ...
- Keyneston Mill Botanic Gardens - sending perfume oils to France August 18, 2026Bordering the River Stour in Dorset's Tarrant Valley is Keyneston Mill Botanic Gardens, with the claim to fame that the specialist oils it produces from its aromatic plants go to a master perfumery in Grasse, France - the acknowledged world perfume capital.
