Randomly on this subject, my (Egyptian) wife had never heard of Stonehenge when I mentioned it recently, so I showed her photos of it, assuming she’d recognize the look but not the name etc, and she was just like, this is pathetic, your ancestors were small and weak

British meanings of “oh dear” 1. A minor hiccup has occurred. You’ve caught your sleeve on a door handle, or noticed a hole in your sock 2. Complete disaster. Your limbs have fallen off, or you’ve heard news that an asteroid is heading to Earth that will imminently end all life

Watching the Australian version of Are You Being Served? which is (to put it mildly) a rather odd experience.

Bonkers Oxford St on penultimate Saturday before #Christmas- view from safety of a number 98 bus.

The famous Blue Peter Christmas Advent Crown. Definitely wouldn’t pass a Health and Safety Test now 😂

The Gardiner Brothers, born in the U.S. to Irish parents from Galway, dancing to Jose Feliciano's "Feliz Navidad," x.com/Gardiner_Bros/…

Orkney Library’s videos are superb!

Oh me..!

Anyone else spend Hogmanay evening turning their home upside down looking for the calendar their son gave them at Christmas, followed by a rake through the communal bins, only for it to turn up in a freezer-bag next to the washing machine? Just us then?

BBC Tomorrow World from 1994 predicts the development and future capabilities of the internet with pinpoint accuracy

Mount St. Helens erupts in 1980. Steve Firth, a friend of the man who took this photo had the following to say: “...That Pinto and dirt bike belonged to a good friend of mine and when he stopped to turn around, he took this picture. He told me that there was

Yesterday, the youngest carpenter of #NotreDame, the 19-year-old Leonard, tied the traditional bouquet on top of the completed nave roof.

Because a few of you have asked, it’s time for my regular answer to “How did they go to the loo in those #Frockingfabulous dresses?” The answer is, “they used a bourdaloue”. Handily, Francois Boucher painted a gal putting one to good use!

Ever wonder why side roads look narrower and there aren't enough in-line parking spaces these days?

I know it's a running joke that dads are obsessed with turning the thermostat down, but I'm currently living in my parents' house because my dad is unwell and he fiddled with the thermostat using his phone app FROM HOSPITAL.

Mother holding her daughter at a Budapest market in 1987. 30 years later, they recreated the photo.

The English countryside in 1910 and a rare example of a clapper stile gate. The horizontal beams are attached at the centre and normally kept in place by weights, so you can create a low point by pushing down on the other end.

John Noakes is trending and I can't think of him without seeing this. Truly terrifying and I'm still mesmerised by this 47 years later.