News updates and announcements for followers of A Bit About Britain.
Casual visitors to A Bit About Britain, and the regular reader, are already spoiled. Not only can they find inspiration to explore wonderful places, accompanied by questionably witty or downright curmudgeonly observations (and the occasional interesting fact); there is an abundance of useless information on the website too, including historical timelines and lists of monarchs …
A Bit About Britain is now a participant in the Amazon Associates programme, an affiliate advertising programme whereby websites can earn fees by advertising and linking to Amazon, the online store. I’m not quite sure how, or if, this works, but I’m prepared to give it a go. So, every now and again, if I …
A new timeline has been published on A Bit About Britain, covering the 21st century – the story so far. Do feel free to suggest additions to this – particularly any cheerful milestone that springs to mind, because I can’t help thinking the timeline currently makes fairly depressing reading. If you believe you’ve spotted a …
My regular reader will be delighted to learn that A Bit About Britain’s history timelines have been updated. These already provide an invaluable source of trivia for any lover of British history who wants to check the essential milestones in our story, such as when the Romans arrived (and left) and when Winnie-the-Pooh was published. …
A Bit About Britain now lists 500 800 places to visit in Britain – places of interest, things to see and do in England, Wales and Scotland. At last count, this includes 78 113 castles and forts, 92 127 museums and galleries, 58 88 gardens, 26 34 stately homes and palaces, 19 111 churches and …
A Bit About Britain will be undergoing a flurry of posts over the next week or six. Don’t be fooled; this is no indicator of increased work-rate, merely a process of updating and moving posts from A Bit About Britain’s previous blog to this one. So if the more mature reader is concerned that they …
