The most popular spectator sport is football or soccer. This attracts huge audiences, and is also very popular as a participant sport - in fact the Chinese women's football team is one of the top national teams in the world. As far as participant sports... (read more)

You could start by going to a website like Crowdfunder and clicking on the 'start a pitch' button. There you can get ideas for explaining and publicising your project. With... (read more)

Halowe'en parties tend to go over the top in the last few years, and of course you can add to the mood with costumes (how about a prize for the best one) and brighten up (or darken down?) the house with some scary decorations.... (read more)

Frankenweenie used stop motion style. This is a classic technique where fgures, such as clay dolls, are moved by a very small amount... (read more)

Sir Jimmy Savile's full name was James Wilson Vincent Savile. He was born in Leeds in 1926, one of seven children in a devout Catholic family. He began working in... (read more)

LIBOR means the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate. It refers to the interest rate that banks charge when they lend money to other banks, as opposed to outside... (read more)

In the UK, and in some other countries too, this has increased as people have got taller and heavier. In 1990 the average shoe size... (read more)

It is not known who first invented scissors, because they have been around for so long. Scissors of a simple kind existed in ancient Egypt at least 1500 years ago, and similar... (read more)

Yes, Hugo Chavez was officially re-elected on Sunday 7 October with a total share of 54.5% of the vote. He has now been in office for 14 years. It was quite a close election, with the opposition candidate, Henrique Capriles, gaining just under 50%. This... (read more)

There is an official fan club, which you can find here. It's free to join and you can meet other members through the forum. There is a lot on this site, so you should really explore it, For example,... (read more)

Melbourne is a very popular tourist destination. As the capital of its state, Victoria, it is an important city, and it has now twice been voted top in a list of the world's best cities to live in. A major attraction of Melbourne is culture - the city... (read more)

The UK produces between a third and a half of its own coal. In 2010, for example, it produced about 10 million tonnes from surface mining, nearly a quarter of its total needs,... (read more)

Barcelona have won 3 world trophies and a total of 21 European trophies including 4 Champions League and 4 UEFA Winners cups. Within Spain, they have 21 La Liga trophies, 26 Copa del Ray trophies and 16 from other national events. They also have 23 regional... (read more)

AC has won 14 European cups and 4 world championships (this is a world record). It has also won 29 trophies in Italy itself. Within Spain, Real Madrid have won 32 La Liga trophies, which is a record for domestic wins, and have won 9 UEFA cups. ... (read more)

Blood rain is most likely just rain with fine sand particles in it, usually carried from the desert. It's quite common in warmer countries and is also occasionally seen in colder ones, in fact... (read more)

There is an investigation going on at the moment, into whether Monster energy drinks caused the death of a girl who collapsed after drinking two of them - you can see the story here.... (read more)

At present no cure exists for this condition, and as it affects only a very small number of people it hasn't generally been the object of a great deal of research. However, the condition is now better understood than it used to be and there are measures... (read more)

Online education is growing fast, and you should be able to find an online tutor for most subjects now. It depends on your level - there is more tuition available for school exams such as GCSE, for example. If you put 'online tuition' in a search engine... (read more)

The heyday of this dish in the Uk was mainly the 1970s. Before that, like so much food it would have been considered exotic and only known to a few. Once people started eating more spicy foods like chilli, they quickly took a liking to them and now a... (read more)

There are plenty of houses in Englan (read more)