I have always loved tulips. When the daffodils are in full bloom and our appetite for colour has been whetted, the sight of the first tulip marks the true arrival of spring like nothing else. When we ...

The origins of badminton can be traced back thousands of years though it was not formalised into the game we know today until the 19th century. Check out BBC Sport's potted history. The famous horse ...

Originally, badminton was called ‘shuttlecock’. The Duke of Beaufort used to host parties at his Badminton House in 1873, where his guests were invited to play a game with shuttlecocks, and that is ...