The Isle of Wight Music Festival has been held annually in Seaclose Park near Newport since the year 2002. Each annual event has been a landmark in the music calendar, with a rich variety or first class music acts to entertain the crowds. There have been many developments and improvements to the festival over the [...]

Cracking the Enigma Code is something that changed the course of the Second World War, shortening it by something like four years. Indeed, war historians believe that had the Enigma Code not been cracked, the outcome of the war would have been far from certain. After the war was won, the war-time Prime Minister Winston [...]

Madchester was a phenomenon in the world of rock and dance music. This music scene developed in Manchester in the north west of England during the later years of the nineteen eighties and the early years of the nineteen nineties, and forged the city’s reputation as a major centre of alternative pop culture. The term [...]

Luton is a town in Bedfordshire, England, and it is well known, across the United Kingdom and other countries of the world, for its airport. The airport, known as London Luton Airport, serves London and services are operated by five airlines which are EasyJet, Monarch, RyanAir, Wiz Air and Thomson Airways. Many of these operators [...]

The city of Lincoln in the county of Lincolnshire in the United Kingdom has a population of 88,400 people. The city is made up of two zones, that are known by the local people as Uphill and Downhill. These zones are on either side of a gap in the Lincoln Cliff, which is a limestone [...]

Leicester is a city of 290,000 people, located in the East Midlands area of the United Kingdom, and is distinguished by being the county town of Leicestershire. The city of Leicester is one of the most cosmopolitan areas of the United Kingdom, with immigrant groups from a wide variety of countries and creeds making up [...]

Leeds is a city in west Yorkshire, England, with a population of around 770,800 people. The city is the United Kingdom’s biggest area for commerce, finance and legal services outside of the city of London. Economic growth is forging ahead in the city at a high rate, and the city is enjoying unprecedented expansion of [...]

The Isle of Wight is a county in south east England with a population of 140,000 people. It is located off the south coast of Hampshire, and holds the distinction of being England’s largest island. The island is separate from mainland England by an area of the sea called the Solent. You can get there [...]

King’s Lynn is a coastal town and sea port in Norfolk in the east of England. It is some 97 miles from London in a northerly direction, and today it has a population of 42,800 people. Fire was a hazard of mediaeval life, particularly in towns and cities like King’s Lynn. This was partly because [...]

Horsham in west Sussex, England, has a population of around 55,600 people and has been voted the second best place to live in the United Kingdom. This accolade was given to town in the year 2006, when it came second to Winchester and beat such eminent destinations as Tunbridge Wells and Epsom. This recognition certainly [...]