Stonehenge is a mysterious, awe inspiring monument about four miles from Amesbury. The Wiltshire countryside is steeped in history, and Stonehenge is the most important and enigmatic of all the stone age sites in England.
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The Mausoleum of Sir Richard and Lady Burton (pictured above) is a Grade II listed tent-shaped mausoleum of Carrara marble and Forest of Dean stone in the churchyard of St Mary Magdalen Roman Catholic Church Mortlake located in London.
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Drinking Tea plays a central part in our lives. It is a universal phenomenon with millions of people the world over enjoying tea on a daily basis. It is hard to imagine a world without tea. In fact it has become the most widely consumed beverage on earth after water.
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The first Archbishop of Canterbury was St. Augustine who arrived as a missionary to England in the sixth century. However, it was after 1170 that the Cathedral became a place of pilgrimage.
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From 1815 to 1823, the Prince Regent, soon to be King George IV, built a fantasy holiday home in Brighton called The Pavilion. George had exotic tastes and indulged in luxuries that fascinated his peers: his en-suite bathroom was the first in the country to have running water, pumped straight from Brighton beach.
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