![Cups of coffee, tea, and hot chocolate have become mainstays of the modern British diet, dispensed in outlets in every high street and enjoyed in the home or during breaks at work.](/img/lead/a-brief-history-of-how-we-fell-in-love-with-caffeine-and-chocolate.webp)
A brief history of how we fell in love with caffeine and chocolate
Cups of coffee, tea, and hot chocolate have become mainstays of the modern British diet, dispensed in outlets in every high street and enjoyed in the home or during breaks at work.
![From a ‘pride of lions’ to a ‘misbelief of painters’, many of the terms we use every day have roots in the distant past – specifically, the medieval period.](/img/lead/a-murder-of-crows-10-collective-nouns-you-didnt-realise-originate-from-the-middle-ages.webp)
A murder of crows: 10 collective nouns you didn’t realise originate from the Middle Ages
From a ‘pride of lions’ to a ‘misbelief of painters’, many of the terms we use every day have roots in the distant past – specifically, the medieval period.