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Animals self-medicate with plants − behavior people have observed and emulated for millennia
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 7 minutes agoAs a hunter lands several arrows in his quarry, a wounded doe nibbles some growing dittany. British ...
Black British music in spotlight at new exhibition
AFP via Yahoo News UK· 6 days agoWhat do a champagne bottle signed by Stormzy, Beethoven's tuning fork and a giant peacock Carnival costume have in common?Along with historical artefacts...
Malmesbury Athelstan exhibition has British Library loaned items
BBC News· 3 days agoObjects more than a millennia old have gone on display at a Wiltshire museum to celebrate the life...
Five common English words we don’t know the origins of – including ‘boy’ and ‘dog’
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 22 hours agoWe don’t know the origins of ‘boy’ or ‘girl’. Royal MS 10 E IV f.311v / The British Library 3. Girl...
Is Britain the world’s most self-loathing nation?
Daily Telegraph· 2 days agoBritish food is so often disparaged by continental Europeans and Americans alike as bland, boring and beige. The UK is home to nine Michelin-star...