Chislehurst Caves: Human Sacrifice, Rock Gods, and Roleplay in an Underground Village
Chislehurst Caves has been a bomb shelter and a mushroom farm, a human sacrificial chamber, a battlefield for Time Lords, and a venue for rock concerts.
Read moreChislehurst Caves has been a bomb shelter and a mushroom farm, a human sacrificial chamber, a battlefield for Time Lords, and a venue for rock concerts.
Read moreThe specific origins of the ancient practice of Well Dressing may be lost to time, however in recent years it has come to form a key part of rural life in the Peak District. Bringing people together in a celebration of all things local these wonderful displays are all at once spectacular and transient.
Read moreWell that was me, Royal Iris, on the river Mercy beat n’ with the band, that was me Paul McCartney,
Read moreHoused in a beautiful Grade-2 listed house in historic Greenwich, the Fan Museum provides a fascinating history of the fan.
Read moreThe history of Three Mills Island is the history of London. It ground the flour and distilled the gin to feed Londoners for hundreds of years. ODO has visited to learn more.
Read moreOdd Days Out have been to investigate how – with the help of ‘Roys of Wroxham’ – the village of Hoveton has managed to buck the standard commercial homogeneity found in most high streets and instead replaced almost every shop with a Roys.
Read moreBritish parliamentary democracy has experienced a bit of a reputational downturn recently, but it’s still known around the world as
Read moreAny day-tripper to the Brighton coast can’t fail to notice the horizon’s newest edition – eight miles out in the
Read moreODO has been to visit two locations used in the Harry Potter films for the famous street of Diagon Alley.
Read moreThe Cass Sculpture Foundation is a little-known 26 acre, open-air sculpture park, tucked away behind Goodwood Racecourse.
Among gentle woodland you can marvel at a towering bust of Chairman Mao, see the spoils of an archaeological dig from the future, and picnic under a T-Rex.
The foundation is the creation of scientist and businessman William Cass and his wife Jeannette Cass, who live in the grounds.
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