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Why mulitculturalism - and the equal rights and anti-discrimination cultures (which Noo Labour and now even trying, unfortunately, to extend into the Monarchy by bringing in a ridiculous law to allow Catholics to become Monarch) - are destroying British society.... The police, the Crown, and...

Victorian Britain (1837-1901) was the richest country on Earth - yet much of this wealth didn't trickle down to the poorest people of society. In all of Britain's great cities - London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester, Liverpool etc - there were areas of slums where the poor lived in such...

There is fury over two commemorative plaques honouring Peter Piaktow that have been put on two blocks of flats (apartments) in Whitechapel in the East End of London. Piaktow was the leader of an anarchist gang that was responsible for the the murder of three policemen The Sidney Street Siege...

It has been mentioned a few times in recent years, and here's another one - that it was the British, NOT the French, who invented champagne. Champagne was invented by the Englishman Christopher Merritt, who was born in 1614. He devised champagne-making techniques derived from the...

With the Labour Government well behind the Tories in the polls, it is looking likely that they will no longer be in power come the next General Election either next year or in 2009. As the party lies dying, its one last pathetic act is its attempt to destroy the monarchy - that great...

Durham, who have only been a first-class county side since 1991, have become English champions for the first time. They beat Kent in the glorious sunshine of Canterbury yesterday, a result which also means that Kent are relegated down to Division 2. Nottinghamshire needed to beat Hampshire at...

Newgate Gaol was London's - and probably the world's - most notorious gaol in its heyday. Prisoners were kept there in extremely squalid conditions. Those awaiting execution at the dreaded Tyburn Triple Tree were imprisoned here. And crowds gathered at the gaol until as late as the 1860s to...

The EU often wonders why the British (the public, at least) don't seem particularly keen on being members of the EU. Maybe it boils down to one, several or all these main theories: 1) The British are proud of their great, ancient nation and fiercely defend their country's sovereignty. If...

The first steam train to be built in Britain since 1960 took to the tracks yesterday. The Peppercorn class Tornado cost £3 million to build and she carried her passengers on the Great Central railway in Loughborough, Leicestershire. The last Peppercorn A1 in Britain was scrapped in 1966...

Britain is a country blessed with beautiful and glorious ancient building, an absolute treasure trove. One of its finest jewels must be Salisbury Cathedral, the great landmark of the city f Salisbury in Wiltshire. It was built in 1258 during the reign of King Henry III. It has an incredibly...

With the Labour Government trailing David Cameron's Tories in the polls, the last thing Prime Minister Gordon Brown wanted was more bad news. That bad news is the news that Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly, who is also the MP for Bolton West, has quit, saying her decision was because she wanted...

Photographer Kevin Hehir is the only known person ever to have seen a black fox in Britain - and he may regret it. The creature is supposed to bring doom and disaster to anyone who sees it. According to British tradition, the black fox is able to hide in a person's shadow and never be seen...

Russell Brand was brilliant when he hosted the recent MTV Awards in the US - but Americans (who aren't exactly renowned in Britain for their sense of humour) don't think so. Maybe American music fans are just more formal and prissy than their British counterparts... Bide your time, Russell...

Prime Minister Gordon Brown received a 32-second standing ovation by Labour members yesterday as the party started its Conference in Manchester. This is real politics, not all that silly showbiz razmatazz that is prevalent in American politics, where wannabe Presidents tell soppy stories about...

Mllionaire businessman Anwar Rashid and his family thought they would be happy living in the beautiful 52-room, £3.6 million Clifton Hall in Nottinghamshire - but after just a few hours, they realised moving there was a mistake. The family were left so terrified by the ghostly occurences at...

Nick Arnold, the famous British author of the Horrible Science books, says he has discovered the site of one of the most important battles of British history - the Battle of Cynwit. This battle was fought in 878 - 1130 years ago - between the English and the invading Vikings. The Vikings had...

This case is an example of the terrible violence that occurs in Britain. Katie McNamara, aged 19, was viciously tortured for 13 hours by brutes Francesca Raby, 18, and Kelly Louise Garrity, 26, in Bolton, Greater Manchester after they wrongly accused her of stealing a mobile phone. Katie was...

The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall - Prince Charles and Camilla - joined World War II veterans in London today to commemorate the Battle of Britain, the world's most famous aerial conflict, that took place between 10th July 1940 and 31st October 1940 between the British and the Germans and their...

In the 17th Century, England was a very superstitious, God-fearing place. People very much believed in magic, the paranormal and ghosts. Compared to other European countries, such as Scotland or Germany, England wasn't very strict to those who practised magical arts. The amount of "witches"...

The liquid bomb plotters, and other Islamists, should fill us with no fear, says The Spectator. They are just stupid halfwits whose bombs often fail to go off... Have we ever faced an enemy more stupid than Muslim terrorists? Rod Liddle Wednesday, 10th September 2008 The Spectator...