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On 19th May 1845, two Royal Navy ships sailed from Britain to Canada (then British) to explore its Northwest Passage. Led by Sir John Alexander Franklin, the expedition's two ships - HMS Terror and HMS Erebus - went missing in the Passage for around two years. All of the 129 of the sailors...

Hugo Chavez, the Richard and Judy tyrant who has brought Marxism back from its grave By PETER HITCHENS 29th March 2008 Daily Mail Venezuela Out of the grave we thought we'd shovelled it into all those years ago, revolutionary Marxism comes climbing once again. Most of us were...

At least five people are feared dead as a private jet crashed into houses on a residential estate in Farnborough, Kent just before 2:40pm this afternoon... Five feared dead as private jet crashes into family homes 30th March 2008 Daily Mail A private aircraft thought to be carrying five...

The boss of Formula 1, Max Mosley - the son of evil Oswald Mosley, the leader of the British pro-Nazi WWII fascists the Blackshirts - has been exposed as a sado-masochistic sex pervert who enjoys Nazi-style orgies in a torture chamber.... F1 boss Max Mosley has sick Nazi orgy with 5 hookers...

New polls show, on issues such as religion, values and military actions, how Left or Right (by politcal affinity) the British and the Americans are, as a comparison between the two nations. Polls also show that a majority (51%) of Brits have a favourable rating towards America, compared to the...

Once famous for lace, Raleigh bikes & Robin Hood, what has happened to Nottingham? Hero ... Robin Hood hails from crime-ridden Nottingham Nottingham, Britain's 7th largest city, may be pretty but it's the country crime hotspot. The city takes its name (seriously) from an Anglo-Saxon...

A WWII Luftwaffe pilot has come to Britain to apologise for destroying British cities during the Blitz. Many Germans today are angry over the British for destroying the beautiful city of Dresden - but this Luftwaffe pilot says that during the Blitz, the Luftwaffe often deliberately targeted...

Despite what the seemingly Anglophile French President Nicolas Sarkozy says, Britain - which accounts for a whopping one third of the EU's military capablities - can never be best of friends with France, a feeble military power which always talks big but does little. Britain's best friend...

Britain yesterday did what it does better than any other country: putting on a magnificent display of pageantry with plenty of horses, and soldiers in magnificent, colourful uniforms. This was to welcome France's Nicolas Sarkozy, the first state visit by a French president to Britain since...

My grandparents used to make"bubble and squeak" when I was a kid. But there is probably no actual food called bubble and squeak. People often just mix foods up and call it that. My grandparents just used to mix up mashed potatoes, mashed carrots, peas and a few other bits and pieces into one...

On Wednesday, the French Head of State, Nicolas Sarkozy, will meet the British Head of State, Queen Elizabeth II, in the first state visit by a French president to Britain since 1996. The president will dine at Buckingham Palace and stay overnight in Windsor Castle. He will meet Prime Minister...

Bhutan is a tiny country in the Himalayas sandwiched between the two giants of China and India. It has a population of just 673,000 and is around 5 times smaller than Britain. It gained its independence from India in 1948 which in turn got its independence from Britain the year before. Like...

For all you chocaholics out there, here's a look behind the scenes at an Easter Egg factory in Alfreton, Derbyshire... The Wider View: Inside the Egg room at a chocolate factory 22nd March 2008 Daily Mail It could be a fantasy scene from Willy Wonka's chocolate factory. But this is...

Dr John Sentamu, the 97th Archbishop of York and the Church of England's first black archbishop, tells us what he thinks is the real meaning of Britishness in his Easter message. Sentamu fled dictator Idi Amin's Uganda in the 1970s and came to Britain. The Archbishop of York is the third-most...

Princes to raise party millions to help soldiers wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan By ALEXIS PARR 22nd March 2008 Princes William and Harry are planning a glittering party for the richest men and women in Britain – to raise millions for soldiers wounded in Afghanistan and Iraq. Over...

Only in politically correct Britain could a puppet known as Basil Brush (a fox who appears of kiddies' TV shows) be investigated by police for racism. Here are seven more great articles by Richard Littlejohn which appeared in his Daily Mail column this week. He also tells us why...

Britain has condemned other EU countries - most notable Germany, Italy and Spain - for not sending troops to Afghanistan's front line. Whilst Britain isn't scared to send troops to war - it sent 46,000 soldiers to Iraq in 2003 and even then has thousands stationed in Afghanistan - other large...

US Presidential hopeful John McCain, a known Anglophile, visted British Prime Minister Gordon Brown at 10 Downing Street today. McCain, who looked quite small standing next to the hulking British Prime Minister, praised British soldiers serving in Iraq.... I understand British frustration...

175 reasons to remember Iraq on the fifth anniversary of the start of the war 20th March 2008 Daily Mail Five years ago today the war in Iraq began. Since then many thousands of British service men and women have served in the conflict and 175 of them have died. These are the heroes who...

Australia has deported a British-born paedophile to the UK. Raymond Horne, aged 61, has lived in Australia since he was 5 and served 12 years in jail for sexually abusing young boys. This is ironic as, between 1788 and 1868, Britain used to send its criminals (those who escaped the death...