Yesterday, as players got ready for the fourth round on Wimbledon's Centre Court, a few raindrops were felt and heavy storm clouds hovered nearby. And, when Andy Murray, Britain's latest ... Read More

Rock and Pop entrepreneurs did not invent the music festival. Jazz festivals have been around a lot longer. And in the UK they're a lot less muddy than some ... Read More

The Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery has become the world's first museum to present its collection online with pixel perfect image definition and color. In a project that has lasted ... Read More

When it comes to traveling with a crowd, every little savings helps. So family visitors arriving in the UK via London's Heathrow Airport this summer will want to take advantage ... Read More

UNESCO has been identifying and listing World Heritage Sites for more than thirty years. The "List", to help preserve places of world importance in cultural and natural history, includes 27 ... Read More

The UK and most of Europe are so well connected by train services. They are pretty easy to use and, if you plan ahead to get the best fares, can ... Read More

Fresh from victory at Queens, just a few days ago, Britain's tennis number one, Andy Murray, is raising hopes among British tennis fans as the Wimbledon championship approaches. Of course, though ... Read More

Father's Day is this coming Sunday. Instead of a tie, a book or cornflakes and spilled milk in bed prepared by a five year old, why not take Dad ... Read More

Brilliant blue skies with fluffy white clouds, steady sunshine with a gentle breeze. It's a perfect day, right now, for the first day of Royal Ascot, the most social ... Read More

You're never far from a rock and pop music festival during the UK summer and fall. Hundreds of them take place across Great Britain from May through early September. Not ... Read More

If you thought you'd head for Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantysiliogogogoch but had second thoughts when you couldn't figure out how to say it - let alone spell it - who can blame ... Read More

Edinburgh is gearing itself up for The Gathering . No, its not a TV series or a video game about "Immortals" chasing Duncan MacLeod around, trying to behead him. ... Read More

"A Book About Pub Names" by Elaine Saunders looks into the history and derivation of all those puzzling, amusing and traditional names of English Pubs. Bryce Eddings, About.com's guide to ... Read More

Now, here's the thing about bagpipes - they are a love them or loathe them sort of proposition. So - if you are of the "loathe them" persuasion, you might ... Read More

The BBC has reported that the UK is the most "surveilled" society in the world. There are a lot of CCTV and webcams out there watching us. Last year, 20 ... Read More

There will be thousands of shows and tens of thousands of performances to choose from when the Edinburgh Festival Fringe gets going, August 7 to 31 this year. Though tickets are ... Read More