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Lest we forget Britain has always celebrated its regal and military history. But where are the monuments and plaques to our heritage of revolution and dissent? And which radical events should be commemorated? We want readers to send in their suggestions. Here, the historian Tristram Hunt...

Two killed as giant bouncy castle lifts off 23rd July 2006 The wreckage of the inflatable artwork Watched by a terrified little girl, rescuers race to the wreckage of a giant inflatable maze after a gust of wind sent it on a flight of death. Screams rang out across a crowded park as the...

Verulamium was the third largest city in Roman Britain. The city of St Albans in Hertfordshire is next to where Verulamium once stood. Queen Boadicea and her army destroyed Verulamium in 60AD when she fought against the Roman occupiers. Before the Romans it was known as Verlamion, (meaning...

Return to the iron age for Farthing Downs 'time team'Jul 21 2006 By Leon Watson Farthing Downs are on the southern edge of London. On this photo, a couple of Anglo-Saxon burial mounds can be seen. ARCHAEOLOGISTS have unearthed Iron Age and Roman pottery during a week-long...

22 July 2006 COAST STORIES LOOKING FOR LITTLE GREEN MEN IN SPOOKY SUFFOLK Tony Stewart Suffolk (Anglo-Saxon: "South People") is one of England's most rural, prettiest and spookiest counties. NOBODY can say with any certainty that what happened on one foggy winter's night more than two...

A hot-air balloon will take to the air on Monday to mark the 100th anniversary of the first aerial photograph of Stonehenge Fight for Stonehenge takes to the air Hot-air balloonists will highlight danger of traffic-choked roads and call for tunnel beneath monument Robin McKie, science...

England bid to host the 2006 World Cup although, obviously, Germany ended up winning that bid. But England may try again and bid for the 2018 World Cup. South Africa will host the 2010 World Cup and I think Brazil will be hosting it in 2014. The winning bid for the 2018 World Cup will be...

As the Canadians, French and other nations were taking their citizens out of Lebanon by putting them on cruise liners, the British Government was criticised for seeming to be doing nothing. It turns out that much was being done but was being kept secret. Rather than just sending in cruise...

A strange game was played today between Arsenal and Amsterdam team Ajax. It was the first ever game at Arenal's hi-tech new stadium the Emirates Stadium in North London, but it was also the last ever game for Arsenal legend Dennis Bergkamp. Two games were rolled into one - the first half...

Newcastle United are in the Intertoto Cup, which is probably the only Europe tournament that teams DON'T want to play in as it is a pre-season tournament when players would prefer to rest before the new season starts. However, Newcastle are through to the next round, beating Norwegian team...

British nu-metallers Lostprophets have released their new album Liberation Transmission. Liberation Transmission Visible Noise: 26 June 2006 The third album from Lostprophets Ian Watkins: vocals Mike Lewis: guitar Lee Gaze: guitar Stuart Richardson: bass Jamie Oliver: vocals...

No-one has ever swum the whole length of the River Thames, the longest river wholly in England (the Severn, in both England and Wales, is longer). But Lewis Gordon Pugh is aiming to do just that. Meeting the Thames Torpedo By JANE FRYER, Daily Mail 21st July 2006 Jane Fryer makes a...

Another British movie. It was released in Britain yesterday and will be released in the US and everywhere else on August 18th. The movie is a bit like James Bond but the spy is a kid. Alex Rider is a 14 year old orphan who has ben unwittingly trained all his life by his uncle with the skills...

The Times July 22, 2006 Come to Cornwall . . . and go cage diving with sharks By Simon de Bruxelles Lovely: Looe, Cornwall Padstow , Cornwall MALLY TOMS has been fishing for sharks from the Cornish port of Looe for more than 40 years but this is the first time that anyone has asked...

English wine is the best in the world. British sparkling wine becomes the toast of the world By SEAN POULTER, Daily Mail 21st July 2006 Nytimber Classic Cuvee - No longer can the French or the Italians dismiss the wines of England Fierce summer sun has made English 'fizz' the best in...

Pig circle that's top of the crops 21st July 2006 For years they have been heralded as evidence of alien life on Earth. But when it comes to patterns etched into farmers' fields, it looks like it's humans this time who have gone the whole hog. For the world's first pig crop circle has...

How punishments for wrongdoers in Victorian Britian were a lot harsher than today's more softly-softly approach. People received severe beatings for crimes that many people today would probably get away with scot-free....... Victorian 'hoodies' truly deserved a hug Flat-cap Hoodies. Their...

UK shoppers Europe's biggest internet spenders UK shoppers spend more online than any other European country Europe's 3 biggest online spenders last year Britain - £6.7 billion Germany - £6.6 billion. France - £4.4 billion. UK shoppers spend more on goods over the Internet than...

Thomas Becket, who is now a saint, was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral in Kent in 1170. St Thomas Becket (December 21, 1118 – December 29, 1170) was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170. He engaged in a conflict with King Henry II over the rights and privileges of the Church and was...

Old Money, New Money Flee France and Its Wealth Tax Washington Post July 16 2006 PARIS -- Denis Payre, a self-described French jet-setter, built a successful high-tech company from scratch, then decided to quit at age 34 to spend more time in France with his wife and young children. Instead...