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Despite being credited for ridding England of the dictatorial Absolute Monarchy (but by making England a dictatorial republic for 11 years) and being the father of British democracy, Oliver Cromwell can also be credited with coining the well-known phrase "warts and all." Cromwell, who ruled...

Just as England is currently ruled by a Scotsman named Gordon Brown (albeit England not being a proper, independent nation), could Germany soon be ruled by a man whose father was Scottish? David McAllister, half-German/half-British, is one of the leading figures in Germany's ruling CDU party...

England's King Henry VIII, who reigned from 1509 to 1547, was quite attractive in his youth. He was a royal pin-up: tall, muscular and extremely fit. He was a talented athlete and jouster, who took part in many great tournaments. His good looks even impressed the Venetian Ambassador. But, as...

Burke and Hare are two of the most infamous felons of British history. The two Irishmen moved to Edinburgh in Scotland to work on the Union Canal (at the time, the whole of the island of Ireland, rather than just Northern Ireland, was part of Britain, so Burke and Hare were very much British)...

At the risk of upsetting a few silly environmentalists, the first steam train to be built in Britain in almost 50 years made her maiden voyage yesterday - and it brought back memories of the golden age of the railways. The Peppercorn Class A1 Pacific 60163 Tornado, based on the locomotives...

THE RECESSION As the recession bites, workers in the four main areas of the United Kingdom - Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland - have downed tools in what is the biggest strike action the country has seen since the Miners' Strike of 1984, when thousands of coal miners lost their...

Wearing balaclavas to protect their identities, they look like a group of cowardly IRA terrorists. But these young men aren't killing innocent men, women and children by putting bombs in litter bins. These are after a much less controversial target. These are vigilantes, armed with a...

In the city of Palermo, in Sicily, Italy, lies one of Europe's most macabre tourist attractions. In the catacombs beneath the Capuchin monastery lie mummies up to 400 years old - but, many with flesh still intact and wearing their clothes, it looks like many of them have been dead just a few...

The new Royal Hospital in Derby, Derbyshire, is calling in an exorcist after sightings of a creepy spook. The figure, which wears a cloak, has been seen stalking the wards and corridors of the hospital. Many believe it may be the ghost of a Roman soldier as the hospital was, controversially...

One of the advantages of having a constitutional monarchy is that during times of crisis like the recession that Britain is currently experiencing, the monarch provides a neutral, NON-political focal point that the people can rally around instead of a probably much-maligned president or any...

The Royal Navy's newest warship, HMS Daring, arrived at her new home of Portsmouth for the first time ever today. HMS Daring is the first of six new Type 45 destroyers for the Royal Navy, the largest and most powerful air defence destroyers ever operated by the Royal Navy. She is the eighth...

Greater Manchester Police have released video footage of one of its officers being kicked and stamped on by Scottish football hooligans last year. The fans of Scottish team Glasgow Rangers rioted in the Piccadilly area of central Manchester after seeing their team lose 2-0 against Russian side...

London's Metropolitan Police, Britain's largest police force, has appointed its new commissioner. Sir Paul Stephenson takes over from Sir Ian Blair as Britain's top cop. Sir Ian Blair was mired in controversy, with his embarrassing politically correct views and his obvious support for the...

Angry families of IRA victims today confronted Irish Republicans in Belfast amid dramatic scenes. The families, who have lost relatives to IRA terrorists, confronted Irish Republicans today after it was announced that the relatives of IRA terrorists who were killed during the conflict may also...

A book discovered on a shelf in Staffordshire is an 18th-century guide to surgery before anaesthetic was invented.... Revealed: The 18th century guide to amputations, operations and other medical tips By Daily Mail Reporter 28th January 2009 Daily Mail A 300-year-old medical guide...

Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson doesn't know why everyone's getting so worked up about Barack Obama (the extraordinary celebrations after his inauguration, including the carnival and ten balls, were over-the-top, sickly sweet American razmatazz). After all, Obama is hardly the Messiah. Barack...

In 1807, Britain became the first country in the world to permanently abolish slavery. It was also banned in the British Empire by the passing of the Slavery Abolition Act in 1833. After this time, Royal Navy ships regularly patrolled the Atlantic to stop American and French slave ships plying...

A cocky Colombian tourist visiting London got more than he bargained for when he dared to mock a Guardsman protecting St James's Palace. The tourist, who is a student at Oxford University, decided to copy the Guardsman's actions as he marched back and forth as his pal filmed it on his mobile...

The Royal Navy ship HMS Intrepid, a veteran of the 1982 Falklands War between Britain and Argentina when the British sent out a naval Task Force to retake the Falklands Islands from the Argentine invaders, is being broken up. Some important parts of the ship are to be kept as mementoes or sold...

The English Channel is the world's busiest shipping lane, so goods and wreckage from sunken ships washing up along Britain's south coast is not an uncommon occurrence. Now scavengers are heading to the beaches of Kent to collect timber that has washed up after a Russian cargo ship got into...