A Bangalore-based educator has come up with a book of nursery rhymes to replace the politically incorrect, often-offensive rhymes we grew up with The English nursery rhyme may have survived for over ...

Banbury Cross, the scene of one of Britain's best-known nursery rhymes is soon to be marked by the work of a team of Staffordshire sculptors. The Cross will get its own "fine lady on a white horse" in ...

The Fine Lady statue by Banbury Cross is more than a lump of beautifully-crafted bronze. It's part of a fascinating muddle of curious facts, and plain old fiction. Most versions of the Banbury Cross ...

REVELLERS will celebrate Banbury's world-famous nursery rhyme on July 3-4. The rhyme, Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross, will come alive again as hobby horse riders and other enthusiasts dressed in ...

The Fine Lady of nursery rhyme fame could soon be returning to Banbury Cross - in the form of a bronze statue. The Fine Lady sits sidesaddle, with long graceful flowing robes and her hair tumbling ...

Two embarrassing historical errors have been discovered at one of the best known landmarks in children's literature. Two plaques in Banbury claim to mark the site of the famous Banbury Cross, and give ...

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