Just going out – pubs
Beer in the Evening UK wide, lots of indexing (14 Nov 2006)
Fancy a Pint? London (14 Nov 2006)
Good Pub Guide (17 Jan 2011)
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Just going out – general
Find out What's on When - worldwide, with guides to major cities (25 Sep 2001)
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Staying in
Crossword Solver (28 Aug 2008)
Open2 from the Open University and the BBC (28 Jul 2009)
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Natural world
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) (27 Jan 2008)
Bird Guide identification, calls, videos (10 Jan 2009)
Forestry Pass coordinated by UK Forestry Commission, access to your local forest and more (7 Dec 2011)
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Museums and heritage
British Museum (28 Jan 2008)
Royal Academy of Arts, London (2 Jul 1998)
Victoria & Albert Museum, London (2 Jul 1998)
The WWW Virtual Library: Museums, a project of Oxford University Computing Laboratory, lists museums worldwide (2 Jul 1998)
English Heritage and its Archaeology Division (10 Sep 2000)
National Trust (10 Sep 2000)
Building Conservation from Cathedral Publications (5 Jan 2000)
Dalesman (21 Oct 2005)
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Typography
The Gutenberg Bible at the British Library (10 Apr 2002)
The Type Museum Stockwell, south London (6 May 2005)
Cavendish Gallery of Print & Typography images and text online (6 May 2005)
Sadly typefounders H W Caslon, specialising in historical typefaces, have disappeared (*10 Jan 2009)
The Tom Paine Printing Press 18th Century replica, built for the 2009 Festival, linked to ...
Tom Paine and Lewes revolutionary thinker (28 Aug 2009)
Typefoundry blog for the history of type and letterforms (23 Sep 2010)
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Classical Music venues and festivals
Barbican Centre (17 Dec 1999)
Brighton Dome (25 May 2006)
Brighton Early Music Festival (3 Feb 2007)
Brighton Festival (7 Mar 2007)
BBC Promenade Concerts (24 Jun 2000)
English National Opera (15 Nov 1999)
Glyndebourne (*11 Jan 2009)
St John's Smith Square (8 May 2002)
Royal Albert Hall (27 Aug 2000)
Royal Opera House (15 Nov 1999)
Sadler's Wells (4 Jan 2000)
South Bank Centre (23 Nov 1999)
Concerts at St Martin's-in-the-Fields (22 Feb 2003)
Wigmore Hall (3 Feb 2007)
UK Radio: BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM (12 Feb 2001)
Other Classical Live Online Radio (3 Feb 2007)
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Theatre and Dance
Hackney Empire historic Frank Matcham variety theatre (11 May 1999)
Royal Shakespeare Company Stratford-upon-Avon and London (7 March 2004)
ballet.co Dance information, links to performances and performers (15 Nov 1999)
There are several online London theatre guides. Some of them link for ticket sales to sites charging a significant premium, so check!!
London Theatre Guide (7 March 2004)
officiallondontheatre marketing name of the Society of London Theatres (*2 Decv 2011)
Enjoy Brighton's Treason Show (*2 Dec 2011)
Music sources and societies
Concert Diary Venues UK Australia Canada USA (22 Feb 2003)
Choral Public Domain Library accessible scores and sound streams (29 Aug 2006)
British Double Reed Society (13 Jul 2000)
and for fun: Flanders & Swann Online (*29 Aug 2006)
David Marshall Ancestral Instruments
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Sports and outdoor
BBC Score current scores etc (26 Jan 2008)
Cricket
Cricinfo Cricket information (*28 Aug 2007)
Football
UEFA (28 Aug 2007)
English Football Association (6 Jan 2008)
FA Cup (6 Jan 2008)
Premier League (28 Aug 2007)
Tennis
Wimbledon
Ski
Ski Europe all about resorts (19 Nov 2001)
British Ski & Snowboard School (19 Nov 2001)
not forgetting ...
Karate Union of Great Britain (12 Apr 1999)
Scuba Diving Australia
or see the Media page for news and commentary
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Heritage Railways (the Heritage Railways Association) (12 May 2006)
Pickering to Whitby North Yorkshire Moors Railway (*24 Mar 2007)
Scarborough's North Bay Railway historic 1930s 20-inch gauge railway with miniature LNER Pacific-style locos (but diesel hydraulic, not steam) (17 Aug 2010)
Bluebell Railway (12 May 2006)
Ian Allan Publishing (18 Oct 1999)
Modern Railways (*2 Dec 2010)
National Railway Museum York (9 Jan 2008)
Research & Archives (the extensive Search Engine is a space at the NRM, not yet online, but you can submit questions)
Railways Archive (UK) (*23 Jul 2007)
Cycling at home and abroad
Cycling East Sussex (3 Aug 2009)
Franco-British Cycle Plan SE England and northern France (3 Aug 2009)
Avenue Verte (Green Way) London-Paris East Sussex information (3 Aug 2009)
Avenue Verte Dieppe-Forges (Seine-Maritime, en français) (3 Aug 2009)
Cycling around Neufchâtel-en-Bray (en français) (3 Aug 2009)
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