Buy a ticket & get on board. Sunday Herald Starting on a green bus in Leeds & culminating atop the number 94 as it speeds towards Trafalgar Square in Great British Bus Journeys David Mc Kie travels to some of Britains most unfashionable & unfamous places
- using our least reliable method of transport. From the Forest of Bowland to Bradwell-on-Sea via a white-knuckle ride on the Glasgow night bus Great British Bus Journeys offers a unique tour of our land rich with history legend & personality.
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This title features fantastically famous scenes & sites to colour including everything from the Big Ben & the Houses of Parliament the London Eye the changing of the guards Kew Gardens the Royal Albert Hall & Buckingham Palace to the dinosaur hall in the British Museum. ...

These are Britains greatest dishes. Youll find your classic favourites such as Deep-fried Cod & chips & Steak & Kidney Pie. But youll also see some of the best dishes that we have adopted from overseas such as Quick Chicken Tikka Masala & Spaghetti Bolognese. The recipes are divided into eight mouthwatering chapters: All-day breakfasts; Soups tarts & terrines; Roasts pies & bakes; Stews pots & spicy foods; Fish & seafood; Vegetables & extras; Puddings; & Cakes. James food is so simple to prepare that anyone will be able to follow these recipes! ...

Britain is home to the tastiest fruits & vegetables fish meat & honeys in the world but many of our original species & breeds are under threat by foreign invaders. British food needs us! From West Country apples rare breed bacon Baldwin blackcurrants & Scottish heather honey THE GREAT BRITISH FOOD REVIVAL is the nations definitive collection of British recipes. Combining traditional ingredients with modern flair these dishes provide every reason why we should be eating & cooking local produce from the British Isles. With big flavours & simple ingredients the food is the star. & to celebrate with true cooking magic the Hairy Bikers Clarissa Dickson-Wright James Martin & many other top chefs take the reader on a gastronomic journey & rediscover the jewels of our great food heritage. ...

Great British Food Revival is back to champion more of Britains unique produce & delicious ingredients. Essential varieties & breeds that have been here for centuries are in danger of disappearing forever. Under threat from tasteless foreign invaders market forces & food fashion produce that has been part of our national food heritage could die out within a generation. So together sixteen of our most celebrated & talented chefs have created delicious recipes to bring our native breeds & varieties back from the brink. Using only the best of ingredients this collection of recipes will inspire home cooks to buy British & support our unique food heritage. ...

Please be upstanding ladies & gentlemen for the greatest puddings that this fair land has to offer! Celebrating the gooiest yummiest sweetest treats that made Britain great this new cookbook lets you in on the secrets of the best desserts in the country. From steamed sponges (chestnut & chocolate pudding) to classic crumbles (apple blackberry & cinnamon) forgotten creations such as Lord Randall's pudding & school dinner favourites like jam roly poly through chocoholic delights to perfect rice pudding & vintage Christmas pudding this book is a genuine pud-lover's delight. With 150 foolproof tried-&-tested dessert recipes plus easy instructions & colour photographs this is the essential pudding cookbook from the real experts. ...

The Sunday Times Bestseller A glorious insight into Britain over the last 150 years
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The Great British Sewing Book will do for sewing what The Great British Bake Off has done for baking. Brought to you by the same production company the TV series will be looking for the nation's best amateur sewer. The Great British Sewing Book will provide amateur sewers everywhere with all the technical knowhow & inspiring projects they need to produce a core collection of 25 fabulous garments & homewares. From a child's sundress & a swinging circular skirt to unisex pyjama trousers a tea dress & a waistcoat the garments offer something for both sexes & all ages. The homewares & accessories include aprons bags cushions & window dressings. In addition to this core collection 4 winning designs from the series are also included: a simple daytime dress a child's party dress a jacket & an evening dress
- all with complete instructions & full-size patterns. Capturing the creative energy of the series the book will also celebrate the rich heritage of sewing & give timely advice on recycling & customising existing pieces. Lavishly illustrated throughout the photography reflects the atmosphere of the series shows all the finished garments &

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For more than 30 years internationally acclaimed wreck diver & best-selling author Rod Macdonald has surveyed & researched shipwrecks around the world. His books such as Dive Scapa Flow & The Darkness Below are household names in the diving world. In Great British Shipwrecks Rod uses his encyclopaedic knowledge & an intimate understanding of shipwrecks gleaned from a lifetimes diving to provide a snapshot in time of some of the best known & most revered shipwrecks around the UK. For each of the 37 shipwrecks covered Rod provides a dramatic account of its time afloat & its eventual sinking
- with each wreck being beautifully illustrated by renowned marine artist Rob Ward. Rods journey around the UK starts with the classic recreational diving shipwrecks at Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands from giants such as the German WWI battleships Markgraf Konig & Kronprinz Wilhelm to the legendary WWI British cruiser HMS Hampshire on which Lord Kitchener perished on a voyage to Russia in 1916. Rod then travels to the English Channel where he covers such famous ships as the P&O liners Moldavia & Salsette which were lost during WWI with many others such as the SS Kyarra & the British submarine HMS/M M2
- the first submarine to carry a seaplane for reconnaissance. The reader is then taken to the North Channel of the Irish Sea where the famous technical diving wrecks of the White Star liner Justicia HMS Audacious the first British battleship lost during WWI & the SS Empire Heritage which was lost with its deck cargo of Sherman tanks on a voyage from New York during WWII are beautifully illustrated. Returning to Scotland the famous West Coast shipwrecks such as the Thesis Hispania Rondo & Shuna in the Sound of Mull grace the pages in addition to the renowned wrecks of the SS Breda lost near Oban & the WWII minelayer HMS Port Napier off Skye. Lastly Rod covers some major North Sea shipwrecks revealing for the first time the haunting remains of HMS Pathfinder the first Royal Navy warship to be sunk by U-boat torpedo during WWI. This is a beautifully illustrated & definitive guide to the greatest shipwrecks around the UK & will be an enlightening & unmissable book for many.

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A collated edition of some of the best recipes from the popular series of storecupboard cookbooks featuring recipes made from a wonderful host of British condiments namely: Marmite HP Sauce Colmans Mustard Lyles Golden Syrup Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce & Bovril. A bumper edition featuring 60 full-colour photographs. ...