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- William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake is now considered...102 KB (12,329 words) - 19:54, 6 May 2024
- Joseph Rudyard Kipling (/ˈrʌdjərd/ RUD-yərd; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist. He...128 KB (14,840 words) - 13:01, 14 May 2024
- Byford Dolphin was a semi-submersible, column-stabilised drilling rig operated by Dolphin Drilling, a Fred Olsen Energy subsidiary. It drilled seasonally...19 KB (1,868 words) - 13:53, 10 May 2024
- Dylan Marlais Thomas (27 October 1914 – 9 November 1953) was a Welsh poet and writer whose works include the poems "Do not go gentle into that good night"...140 KB (17,793 words) - 17:42, 1 May 2024
- Banksy is a pseudonymous England-based street artist, political activist, and film director whose real name and identity remain unconfirmed and the subject...176 KB (16,680 words) - 21:15, 11 April 2024
- The Edinburgh Festival Fringe (also referred to as the Edinburgh Fringe, Edinburgh Fringe Festival or the Fringe) is the world's largest performance arts...96 KB (10,693 words) - 03:58, 26 April 2024
- Louis Cachet (born Kristian Vikernes; 11 February 1973), better known as Varg Vikernes (Norwegian: [ˈvɑrɡ ˈvìːkəɳeːs]), is a Norwegian musician and author...78 KB (8,362 words) - 05:44, 15 May 2024
- Lund University (Swedish: Lunds universitet) is a public research university in Sweden and one of Northern Europe's oldest universities. The university...63 KB (6,562 words) - 03:16, 25 March 2024
- John Ruskin (8 February 1819 – 20 January 1900) was an English writer, philosopher, art historian, art critic and polymath of the Victorian era. He wrote...194 KB (23,954 words) - 23:48, 10 May 2024
- The Ordnance Survey (OS) is the national mapping agency for Great Britain. The agency's name indicates its original military purpose (see ordnance and...84 KB (8,594 words) - 08:19, 9 May 2024
- A hundred is an administrative division that is geographically part of a larger region. It was formerly used in England, Wales, some parts of the United...32 KB (3,592 words) - 13:11, 14 May 2024
- The British Council is a British organisation specialising in international cultural and educational opportunities. It works in over 100 countries: promoting...73 KB (6,525 words) - 03:42, 16 May 2024
- The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy (or Muhammad cartoons crisis, Danish: Muhammed-krisen) began after the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten...158 KB (15,834 words) - 07:42, 6 April 2024
- In the United Kingdom and the British Overseas Territories, personal bravery, achievement, or service are rewarded with honours. The honours system consists...77 KB (7,820 words) - 14:32, 17 May 2024
- A sauna (/ˈsɔːnə, ˈsaʊnə/, Finnish: [ˈsɑu̯nɑ], Estonian: [ˈsɑu̯n]) is a room or building designed as a place to experience dry or wet heat sessions, or...71 KB (8,765 words) - 21:38, 16 May 2024
- A cottage, during England's feudal period, was the holding by a cottager (known as a cotter or bordar) of a small house with enough garden to feed a family...28 KB (3,310 words) - 10:51, 16 May 2024
- The coronation of the monarch of the United Kingdom is an initiation ceremony in which they are formally invested with regalia and crowned at Westminster...103 KB (12,308 words) - 18:45, 15 May 2024
- Christ's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college includes the Master, the Fellows of the College, and about 450 undergraduate...38 KB (2,450 words) - 11:02, 28 March 2024
- Lundy is an English island in the Bristol Channel. It forms part of the district of Torridge in the county of Devon. About 3 miles (5 kilometres) long...74 KB (7,711 words) - 08:08, 5 May 2024
- Joseph Bruce Ismay (/ˈɪzmeɪ/; 12 December 1862 – 17 October 1937) was an English businessman who served as chairman and managing director of the White...39 KB (5,120 words) - 16:33, 14 May 2024