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An idiom is an expression or saying that means something (far) other than its literal translation. The British language contains thousands of idioms. Learning and using idioms can significantly improve one's creative writing skills, increase everyday conversational skills and manifest in-depth command of British-bound lexis and mentality. "Get on one's high horse" : The idiom "Get on one's high horse" bears no semantic relation to any equestrian activity. It is a self-revealing metaphor to use when you notice that a person is considered to be taking a moral stand in an authoritative and often aggressive manner. The idiom is usually reserved for someone who regularly acts in this supercilious, contumacious manner. "Oh my, he's getting on his high horse again" The idiom conveys an exaggerated sense of one's own importance that shows itself in the making of excessive or unjustified claim; to start ta...

In the Isle of Skye, Scotland, bewitching, crystal clear blue pools on the River Brittle spring from the foot of the Black Cuillins, near Glenbrittle. Carbost , on the west of Skye is the nearest village to the majestic Fairy Pools. The Fairy Pools ( Scottish Gaelic: Glumagan nan Sithichean) is a series of crystal clear pools, created by the Allt Coir' a' Mhadaidh river as it cascades down from the Cullin Hills, Glen Brittle, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides. Float in the fairy pools Scottish folk tales abound with tales of selkies – seals that can shed their skin and take on human form. The Fairy Pools under the stars of Skye. References: 1. Pinterest 2. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travel-writing-competition/8914729/Just-back-the-Fairy-Pools-of-Skye.html

Charles John Huffan Dickens, the eminent figure of our childhood Nativity holidays and one of the 19th century literature, was born in February the 7th, 1812 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. ( Charles Dickens Birthplace, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England ) Dickens died in June 9, 1870 in Gad's Hill, near Chatham, Kent. Charles Dickens is celebrated as the greatest novelist of the Victorian Era. His stories are set in a grim, sordid and corrupt Victorian backdrop. Satiric scenarios, rotten characters, and the depiction of the human absurdity are frequent motifs of Charles Dickens's stories. Charles Dickens enjoyed an abundant popularity during his lifetime, more than any previous author. The range, compassion, the intelligence of his apprehension of his Victorian contemporary society and its ills, enriched his novels and rendered him one of the most influential forces of the 19th century literature, as well as ...

Holyrood Abbey Holyrood Abbey was founded in 1128 by King David I of Scotland (born c. 1082-died May 1153, Carlisle, Cumberland, Eng.), who was one of the most powerful Scottish Kings (reigned from 1124). King David I reorganized Scottish Christianity to conform with continental European and English usages and founded many religious communities, mostly for Cistercian monks and Augustinian canons. King David I Holyrood Abbey was founded for the Augustinian Canons and lies adjacent to Holyrood Palce. Holyrood Abbey Gates According to the medieval legend, a vision of a stag with a cross glowing between its antlers came to David while he was hunting in the area. Interpreting this visionary experience as an act of God, the King declared that an Abbey should be established on the spot. Holy Rood, the name of the Abbey and subsequently the Palace means "Holy Cross". "Rood" is indeed an old word for cross upon which Jesus Christ was c...

Ivanhoe narrates the story of one of the remaining Anglo-Saxon noble families during an era where the English nobility was overwhelmingly Norman. The plot observes the story of the Saxon protagonist, Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe, who has fallen in his father's disfavour for his allegiance to the Norman King Richard the Lionheart. Richard the Lionheart The plot is set in 1194, , follwing the defeat of the Third Crusade, , where many of the Crusaders were still returning home in Europe. King Richard, encaptured by Leopold of Austria during his journey back to England was believed to still be in captivity. The location of the novel is centred upon southern Yorkshire and northern Nottinghamshire in England. Castles mentioned within the story include Ashby de la Zouch Castle (now a ruin in the care of English Heritage), York (though the mention of Clifford's Tower, likewise an extant English Heritage property, is anachronistic, it not having been called that ...