This led the Reality Check team to wonder if it is in fact the least valuable British coin there has ever ... In 1707 the smallest coin was the farthing, which was a quarter of a penny.

A penny farthing is a nickname for an old fashioned bicycle which had a large wheel at the front and a much smaller one behind. The penny and farthing were coins familiar to your grandparents and ...

The Penny Farthing bicycle obtained its name from the penny and farthing coins of the time. The bike was made entirely of metal instead of wood and the tires were rubber. The high centre of ...

A recent event in London has been home to several Guinness world record-setting and breaking attempts. Neatly enough, it all revolves around the penny-farthing bicycle. It's also the largest penny ...

Scots cyclist Mark Beaumont has broken the British record for the distance ridden on a Penny Farthing in one hour but missed out on the world record. Beaumont rode 21.92 miles in an hour to beat ...

Within three weeks in October of 1806, he brought the Prussians to their ... The alliance of Russia and France, two great empires, would force the British to make peace. Finally there would ...

After the death of his wife, local newspaper writer Tony (Ricky Gervais) gets stuck on the second stage of grief: anger. With nothing left to live for, he decides to fill the lives of everyone ...

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In “Fantastic Mr Fox”, Roald Dahl introduces the farmers Boggis, Bunce and Bean who are “as nasty and mean as any men you ...

“The British are coming,” trumpeted Chariots Of Fire screenwriter Colin Welland infamously at the 1982 Oscars. In truth “the British” were already there. They’d been making movies for ...

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