Portal:United Kingdom/Did you know/March 2010


 * ... that the Beaney Institute (pictured)  in Canterbury  has a £1,000,000 Van Dyck painting of Sir Basil  Dixwell in its  collection?
 * ... that ambulanceman Stanley Skinner was awarded the British Empire Medal for his actions in the aftermath of the train crash at Marden, Kent in 1969?
 * ... that for The Kinks' 1968 album Live at Kelvin Hall, sessions were held to "sweeten" the original live recording?
 * ... that Nicholas If-Jesus-Christ-Had-Not-Died-For-Thee-Thou-Hadst-Been-Damned Barbon is considered a pioneer of fire insurance in England?
 * ... that former Scotland international rugby union player Andrew Balfour  led a health initiative that reduced malaria deaths in Khartoum, Sudan, by 90%?
 * ... that the English pirate Peter Love set up a base of operation in the Outer Hebrides, but was betrayed by an associate outlaw and executed by the Scottish Government in 1610?