The most complete costume changes demanded for a lead theatrical role are 29 achieved by Michael Jibson (UK) during his performance of ‘Joe Casey’ in the West End musical Our House, directed by Matthew Warchus (UK) at the Cambridge Theatre, Covent Garden, London, UK, from 28 October 2002 – 16 August 2003. The quick-change costumes and illusion effects were designed by Paul Kieve (UK) allowing the fastest change to take just 4 seconds on stage. Assisted in the wings by principle dresser Murray Lane (UK), Continue reading →

The most countries visited by fixed wing aircraft in 24 hrs is 11 and was achieved by James van der Hoorn and Iain Macleod (both UK) in their Piper PA28 aircraft on 9 August 2010. The pair departed from Krakow, Poland and stopped at the following airports on their way home to Southend, UK: Brno Turany, Czech Republic; Bratislava, Slovakia; Gyor Per, Hungary; Krems Langenlois, Austria; Vilshofen, Germany; St Gallen, Switzerland; Haguenau, France; Noertrange, Luxembourg; Limburg Regional, Belgium; Maastricht Aachen, Netherlands.

Before 1914, the UK exercised authority over one fifth of the world’s entire population with the British Empire made up of 88 million subjects. In 1939, Canada, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand were the first to be given independence within the Commonwealth. Since then a total of 62 countries have gained independence from the United Kingdom. This is followed by France with 28, Spain with 17, The Soviet Union with 16, Portugal with 7 and the USA with 5.

The image of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II  (b. 1926) appears on the coinage of at least 35 different countries – more countries than any other living monarch. Elizabeth II is Queen of the United Kingdom and head of the Commonwealth. The year 2002 sees The Queen’s Golden Jubilee, marking 50 years since The Queen’s Accession . Queen Victoria appeared on the coinage of 21 countries and the image of King George V appeared on 19. The following countries have issued coinage with The Queen’s Continue reading →

The most cups of tea made in one hour by a team of 12 is 1608 and was achieved by Burco Water Boilers (UK) at Hotelympia, London, UK, on 27 April 2014 The team of 12 were made up of Steven Lilley, Nicola Horsfield, Neil Martin, Paul Roberts, John Usher, Suzanne Travis, David Huby, Carolyn Holland, Diane Ho, Gayle Kelly, Sheela Harper, Cheryl Henrys-Dean. This attempt took place on day one of the event called ‘Food Fest’ in Plymouth. The team of 12 that took Continue reading →

In 2009, Lady Gaga (USA, b. Stefani Germanotta) clocked up a total of 150 weeks on the UK singles chart, with 90 of these weeks inside the Top 40. In all, nine Lady Gaga singles charted in 2009, with “Just Dance”, “Poker Face”, “Paparazzi”, “Lovegame” and “Bad Romance” providing the bulk of her 150 cumulative chart weeks.

The ground-breaking natural world documentary, Planet Earth (BBC, UK), has the absolute record of any nature programme for the most days spent in the field recording footage – with over 2,000 days. The entire one-hour, 11-part series, first screened in the UK in 2006, was shot entirely using High Definition film, by 40 camera crews in 200 locations on every continent. Their successes included recording a snow leopard hunting for the first time on film – a few minutes of footage which, itself took over Continue reading →

The most darts bullseyes in ten hours by a team was 1,505 by Jon Watson, Bill Foot, Matty Wilson, Del Fox, Gary Ellis, Bryan Pidgeon, Sean Kerry, and Bob Anderson (all UK) at the Winnersh British Legion Club in Winnersh, UK, on 9 January 2011. Anderson, the 1988 British Darts Organization world champion, assisted the seven teammates in raising approximately £10,000 ($16,066) for Cancer Research UK and The Royal British Legion. A maximum of 8 team members are allowed for this record and all standard Continue reading →

The most dice stacked using chopsticks in one minute is 19, achieved by Stephen Kish (UK) in Hove, East Sussex, UK, on 13 March 2012. This record was broken on the Guinness World Record Challengers site (Challengers’ tag: Oddish196): http://challengers.guinnessworldrecords.com/challenges/85-most-dice-stacked-into-a-tower-with-chopsticks-in-one-minute/attempts/1477

The most dice stacked into a tower in one minute is 30 and was achieved by Stephen Kish (UK) in Hove, East Sussex, UK, on 9 August 2011. This record was broken on the Guinness World Record Challengers site – http://challengers.guinnessworldrecords.com/challenges/35-most-dice-stacked-into-a-tower-in-1-minute/attempts/368