Get ready for a vacation that’s truly wild! Lions are probably the last thing you expect to encounter on a UK getaway, but at the Lion Lodge in Kent, you can come face-to-face with these majestic creatures. Excited to know more? Keep reading!
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Why Do Brides Wear White? Find Out Here!
Have you ever wondered why the majority of wedding dresses are white? It turns out the credit for this longstanding tradition belongs to Queen Victoria. In the mid-19th century, she wore a white wedding dress, and Hollywood starlets and other celebrities quickly followed suit.
‘Annabel’s for the Amazon’ Takes a Stand for the Rainforest
Annabel’s, the famous London-based, members-only club, isn’t just an exclusive place to dine and be entertained. This club is also taking an environmentalist stand with its impressive initiative, “Annabel’s for the Amazon.”
British Artists Sculpt G7 Leaders Out of E-Waste
When most people think about waste reduction, they think about recycling paper products or composting food scraps. What about electronic waste, though?
UK Memorial Wall Honors Lives Lost During Pandemic
For more than a year now, the COVID-19 pandemic has been ravaging the world. In the UK, a special memorial has been created to acknowledge the victims of COVID-19 and honor those who lost their lives during the pandemic. In London, England, a large wall stretches nearly 164 feet (50 meters) and faces the River Thames. Now officially known as the National COVID Memorial Wall, it is covered with hand-drawn red hearts.
Alice Liddell: The Little Girl Who Helped Launch a Literary Icon
When searching the centuries for suitable examples, Alice Liddell is perhaps not the most likely of literary muses. Few children are. But it was her natural charm and, most significantly, her wondrous sense of curiosity that endeared her to Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known by his pen name, Lewis Carroll. In fact, little Alice proved to be such an inspiration to the budding English writer and mathematician, that had the two not been introduced during the mid-1800s, the world of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” might never have come to be.