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The Iron Bridge

William Williams’ oil-on-canvas landscape of the world’s first iron bridge – both bridge and painting created to publicise Abraham Darby III’s ironworks.

Upnor Castle

Upnor Castle on the Medway estuary in Kent, built to defend Chatham Dockyard from raids.

Flag of Kent - white horse rampant on a red field

Five questions about Kent – Quick Quiz

Here’s a set of five questions about the English county of Kent – the UK’s closest county to the Continent. Have fun!

Robert Burns on a commemorative postage stamp

A man’s a man for a’ that

Robert Burns, Scotland’s National Bard, featured on a USSR Post commemorative postage stamp

Nostalgia ain’t what it used to be

Middlemarsh Street in the village of Poundbury on the western outskirts of Dorchester in Dorset

The "Falls of Clyde" sailing ship moored in Honolulu harbour

Dying Falls

The Falls of Clyde, the world’s last surviving iron-hulled, four-masted full-rigged ship, moored at her berth in Honolulu harbour.