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Britain may be under two feet of snow, a freezing wind may be blowing in straight from the Urals via Scandinavia and the weathermen are laying the odds on this being the start of the next Ice Age, but that hasn't stopped Prince William sleeping on the sub-zero streets of London. The future...

North Americans (but nobody else) may poke fun at the supposed bad teeth of the British (though we can retaliate by poking fun at how fat North Americans are), but an OECD report has found that the British not only have better teeth than the Americans but they actually have the best teeth in the...

A parchment bound in leather and kept under lock and key may prove the theory that Shakespeare was a secret Catholic. An exhibition at the Venerable English College, the seminary in Rome for English Catholic priests, has revealed cryptic names in its guest books for visiting pilgrims...

It's an annual tradition for various pagans, hippies and druids to gather at Stonehenge to celebrate the summer and winter soltices (except when it was closed to the public between 1985 and 2000) and is one of the world's oldest celebrations. So no wonder they were embarrassed after turning up...

The BBC has released a trailer of its new re-make of the Day of the Triffids. The two-parter, to be screened over the Christmas period, stars comedian Eddie Izzard, Dougray Scott, Joely Richardson, her real-life mother Vanessa Redgrave and Brian Cox. Cox plays Dennis Masen, a scientist whose...

England have shown great character after battling to a well-earned draw against South Africa in sweltering Pretoria. South Africa posted a good score of 418 in the First Innings. England then replied with a First Innings total of 356, meaning that SA's lead after the First Innings was just 62...

Along with eating loads of turkey, stuffing your face with Christmas pudding, watching Doctor Who, drinking too much mulled wine, arguing with the in-laws, listening to the Queen's Speech, falling asleep during the Christmas Day movie and spending Boxing Day at your grandparents', finding out...

Sir Stanley "Wizard of the Dribble" Matthews and Stan "Electric Heels" Mortensen, two of England's greatest-ever footballers, sold goods on the black market during the War. The two former England stars sold coffee and soap in exchange for cash. Details of their time as spivs emerged in files...

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said that it is only the people of Britain which don't like him and that he is much more popular abroad. Blair, who was PM between May 1997 and June 2007 and who converted to Catholicism when he quit the job, blamed the British press for his...

Elizabeth II has demonstrated once again why she continues to be one of Britain's most popular monarchs in history. In hard times, such as during war or recession, whenever her country and her subjects have been suffering, the Queen has never flaunted her privilege nor taken our goodwill for...

In many ways, a Tudor Christmas was different from our own. Goose was the meat that was eaten at Christmas rather than (in Britain at least) turkey as it is nowadays. A nobleman was always taught how to carve the goose and to serve at table. And, in Britain, celebrations really only last over...

Milton Keynes Dons may be the youngest team by far in the English football league, but they have certainly hit the world stage quickly. The MK Dons were formerly known as Wimbledon (nicknamed the Dons) - whose "Crazy Gang" surprisingly beat Liverpool in the 1988 FA Cup Final - but due to their...

Paul Gascoigne, one of the stars of the great England side which narrowly missed out on reaching the 1990 World Cup Final, has been arrested for being drunk and disorderly. The former Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, Lazio and Rangers midfielder was taken into custody in the early hours of...

It is the end of the First Day (out of a maximum of five) of the First Test between South Africa and England, and South Africa demonstrated why they are ranked No2 in the world. The Springboks, recently overtaken to the top spot in the world rankings by India, recovered from 70-2 at lunch to...

He may only be 27, but Prince William is already going bald. It'll be embarassing for any young man, but when you're the world's most famous 27-year-old guy and a future Head of State it is very rare that you don't have someone taking photos of you. William's bald patch was snapped by a...

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) is the world's oldest and largest animal welfare organisation, a perfect organisation for a nation famed for its love of animals. It was founded in 1824 by, amongst others, William Wilberforce, whose efforts also ensured Britain...

A 100-year-old block of butter has been found at the Antarctic base of British explorer Captain Scott. The British team came second to that of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen in the race to the South Pole and Scott and his four colleagues also died during the expedition in 1912. One member...

These remarkable photos show British Empire (and American) troops preparing for the First World War, many of whom would later experience the horrors of Passchendaele and the Somme. The images, when photography was still fairly in its infancy, were taken by Christina Broom, who was Britain's...

The Forties are remembered for the War, the Blitz, doodlebugs, Hitler and concentration camps. The Fifties for RockNRoll. The Sixties for the Beatles and flower power. The Seventies, in Britain, for socialism, strikes, power cuts and the Winter of Discontent. The Eighties for Thatcher and the...

With Christmas approaching, most people are usually content with pictures of robins on Christmas cards or robin ornaments on top of the fireplace. But John Hancock has his own real life robin. Mr Hancock's red-breasted friend loves nothing more than standing on the guy's head and eating...