101 Facts about UK: History - Culture Nature Curiosities

A country everyone thinks they already know.Royalty, tea, bad food, rain - the images sit so ready to hand that hardly anyone checks them. London gets less rain than Rome. The prime meridian at Greenwich lies a good hundred yards from the famous line in the floor. Since a study published in 2024, the Altar Stone of Stonehenge comes from northeastern Scotland and not from Wales. And in Scotland no banknote at all is legal tender - not even the Scottish ones. 101 facts. Each on a page of its own. Open it anywhere, read one, turn on: the book works from the front and from the back. Sorted into six chapters: - Geography & Nature - Ben Nevis, Loch Ness, Yr Wyddfa, rainforest in Wales- History & Archaeology - Doggerland, Skara Brae, Hadrian's Wall, Magna Carta- People, Language & Cities - Welsh, Gaelic, Cornish, Windrush- Crown, Ceremony & Curious Law - swans, ravens, Black Rod, Maundy Money- Food, Tea & the Pub - fish and chips, haggis, cheddar, Marmite- Economy, Records & Everyday Life - the NHS, the first subway, driving on the left, Aberfan The uncomfortable chapters too. > Checked, not copied. >With key figures, a timeline, a glossary, and an index for looking things up. Useless knowledge can be many things. Wrong should not be one of them.