THE Independent newspaper put the Valentine's Day spotlight on 95 year olds James and Cecilia Marsh who have been married for 75 years! The couple, who live at the Abbotsleigh Mews care home in Sidcup, South East London, got married in December 1943 after Cecilia's youngest brother had introduced them. Cecilia said the secret to the […]

THE anonymous graffiti artist Banksy has had a piece of work acquired by the British Museum, reports The Guardian. It is a fake £10 banknote depicting Diana, Princess of Wales, and will join the museum's collection of coins, medals and other currency. Entitled Di-faced Tenner, the work was one of thousands of copies produced by […]

A Daily Mirror story has provided some figures about how much distance the average parent covers pushing a pram. It quotes a study covering 1,000 mums and dads by ChannelMum.com which revealed that they clock up almost 750 ‘buggy miles’ a year – further than travelling from London to Barcelona. Apparently the typical tot will […]

WELL it looked like he real thing! According to the Daily Mirror, a stone circle thought to date back thousands of years has turned out to be a replica built in the 1990s. The article explains that when the circle was discovered at Leochel-Cushnie in Aberdeenshire, archaeologists were excited as recumbent stone circles often date […]

KEY moments in British history will be featured in a set of coins celebrating 50 years of the seven-sided 50 pence piece, reports the BBC. The Royal Mint has unveiled the commemorative coins mark and the events include Sir Roger Bannister running the first sub four-minute mile, the 250th anniversary of the founding of Kew […]

ART lovers are in for a real treat in April, according to The Guardian. The British Museum will feature a rare lithograph of Edvard Munch’s The Scream as part of Edvard Munch: Love and Angst, the biggest UK exhibition of the Norwegian artist’s prints in 45 years. The version being displayed at the British Museum […]