England

This week Google launched an absolutely massive update to Street View in Hong Kong, Macau, and in particular, the UK. With an incredible 96% of British roads now visible, there were always going to be scandals about what was discovered.…

In an absolutely enormous update, Google have in the last few minutes launched brand new Street View images for the whole of the UK – bringing the total coverage to a reported 96% of all UK roads. The images cover…

Forget the Oscars - these are the awards that count at Google Sightseeing! The guys at Google are planning to expand their Street View coverage of the UK in the near future, and to get us in the mood they…

Britain is renowned for historic pubs serving fine ales and mouthwatering food. While the reality may be that dozens of pubs are closing every week, or being taken over by large corporate chains, there are still plenty of inns that…

Exactly 20 years ago today, on the 11th February 1990, the anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela was released from a 27-year incarceration in an event that was broadcast live all over the world. The South African courts convicted Mandela on charges…

We can't always be perfect right? Even some of history's best architects made mistakes when they designed some of the world's most beautiful structures. Maybe the ground was too unstable, or adding another 20 meters to the top wasn't such…