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Filed under: Green,Green Culture,Green Driving,Ownership,Electric Continue reading Charging EVs can cost $1,800 more annually in public than at home — UK analysis Charging EVs can cost $1,800 more annually in public than at...

Hilltop TB Sanatorium, Verona, 1907myveronanjThe first modern sanatorium for treating tuberculosis was the Royal Sea Bathing Infirmary for Scrofula, founded by a Quaker physician in Margate in 1791. Built for 36 patients and later expanded,...

Rumbach St SynagogueThe Great Dohány St Synagogue was built in 1854-9 in the Moorish Rev­iv­al style, with decoration based on Islam­ic models from North Africa and medieval Spain. This historical building in Budapest’s 7th district, is th...

The British government considered killing every domestic cat in Britain, thinking that this might stop the spread of Covid during the pandemic. Former Health Minister James Bethell… told Channel 4 News: "What we shouldn't forget is how litt...

                                 The four painters socialising in Soho (plus a young friend on left) photo by John Deakin, 1963One of Britain’s noted post-war pa...

The wonderful Gravesham Light Festival returns this week thanks to additional funding from Arts Council England. We really enjoyed our visit last year so read on discover what to expect, where to eat, a famous album cover and the true story of a Disn...

The first time the British government blocks a law passed by the Scottish Parliament on the grounds that it would have UK-wide effects, and what does it turn out to be? One making it easier for transgender people to change their legal gender, removin...