Cook was an 18th century explorer and navigator whose achievements in mapping the Pacific, New Zealand and Australia radically changed western perceptions of world geography. As one of the very few men in the 18th century navy to rise through the ranks, Cook was particularly sympathetic to the needs of ordinary sailors.

The pub, short for 'public house', is an integral part of British life. In many parts of the world, most bars are little more than functional drinking holes. In Britain, though, a pub is typically much more than this: it can be a meeting place, an entertainment centre, the focal point of a community.

Jonathan Schofield on beauty, genius and the city's Rennie Mackintosh

Daniel Waples is from London, he got his first HandPan in 2007, he supports himself as an independent musician whilst spreading the gospel of the HandPan

With a range-extended electric powertrain, the newly unveiled 2017 TX5 is a greener shade of black.

600 years ago today, during the Hundred Years’ War between England and France, Henry V, the young king of England, leads his forces to victory at the Battle of Agincourt in northern France.

Ralph Vaughan Williams was an English composer of modern classical music, active during the first half of the twentieth century. His family background included the pottery magnate Josiah Wedgwood and naturalist Charles Darwin. He is generally considered the greatest British composer since Henry Purcell.

‘This bench is dedicated to the men who lost the will to live whilst following their partners around the shoe shops of Chester.’

From the album: (What's The Story) Morning Glory? (1995)

A UK woman has admitted to eating as many as 20 sponges a day, saying that while “some people go out for a steak, I would rather go out for a sponge.” Emma Thompson, from North Tyneside, England, told The Sun that she started chewing on sponges when she was about 3, and as she grew older, she started eating them.

A band plays along to the hums of the public. Can anyone guess these tunes?

"Don't Leave Me This Way" is a song written by Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff and Cary Gilbert. First charting as a hit for Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, an act on Gamble & Huff's Philadelphia International label in 1975, "Don't Leave Me This Way" was later a huge disco hit for Motown artist Thelma Houston in 1977. The song was a major hit for British group The Communards in 1986.

From the album 'Fearless' (2008)

From the album 'In The Land Of Grey And Pink' (1971)

Photographer Andy Rouse had the best seat in the house when he was lucky enough to photograph the iconic Avro Vulcan bomber XH558 flying over Beachy Head, East Sussex, England.

There will always be an England! A bow-tie wearing duck has been injured in a drunken pub brawl with a local dog in Chulmleigh, Devon.

Historians and archaeologists have tentatively identified the location of one of medieval England’s greatest ships. Detailed archival and aerial photographic research carried out by British maritime historian, Ian Friel, has pinpointed a 30 metre stretch of the River Hamble near Southampton as the final resting place of one of Henry V’s largest warships – the Holigost (in modern English, the Holy Ghost).

From the album 'Disintegration' (1989)