British holiday information

An exclusive preview exhibition celebrating the upcoming 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games has opened at Terminal 5 of Heathrow Airport. Among eleven sculptures on display are lifesize wireframe studies of Olympic diver Tom Daley, and sprinter Jason Gardener. There are also eight bronze maquettes of athletes by artists including Paul Day, John Buckley, Hamish [...]

It’s almost a century since the infamous, ‘unsinkable’ RMS Titanic set sale on its maiden voyage across the Atlantic, only to sink days later, on 15 April 1912, claiming more than 1,500 lives. The story of the Titanic has fascinated many, and when the wreckage of the Titanic was discovered in 1985 our interest was [...]

If you plan to visit Brighton between March and September and love photography, get yourself down to the seafront near the Brighton Pier. The Natural History Museum is teaming up with Brighton and Hove City Council to stage Wild Planet, a free outdoor photography exhibition, which starts its tour of the UK on 12 March [...]