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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...

With the British economy in tatters thanks to economic mismanagement by Britain's SCOTTISH Prime Minister (Gordon Brown) and SCOTTISH Chancellor of the Exchequer (Alistair Darling), the English have a right to be angered by the "Scottish Mafia", according to the Scotsman Alan Massie, author of...

More evidence of the "Scottish Mafia" - the group of corrupt, out-of-touch Scotsmen, or those with a Scottish influence, that is slowly bringing Britain to its knees. Whilst Britain plunges into its first recession since 1991, Treasury staff working for Britain's Scottish Chancellor of the...

The Labour Party really needs to start thinking about who to succeed Gordon Brown, the current British Prime Minister, as their next leader and, therefore, a potential future Prime Minister. Several names have been bandied about by Labour, including the current Foreign Secretary David...

A metal-detecting enthusiast has found 824 gold Iceni coins in a field in Wickham Market, Suffolk. The Iceni were a British tribe who lived in the area now comprising the three counties of Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire in south east England. The Queen of the Iceni in the mid-1st...

Britain (except, maybe, Scotland which is populated by middle aged men who like beating up 22 year old women and 10 year old boys for being English) is the least racist country in Europe, according to Trevor Phillips, the head of the Commission for Equalities and Human Rights. When it comes to...

America and Britain were not only RIGHT to go to war in Iraq (finishing off the interrupted war, which started in 1990) but history will also vindicate George W. Bush. After all, Saddam WAS trying to get WMD. Whether or not he had any mattered not. Should we have waited until a Western city was...

The Mau Mau Uprising from 1952 to 1960 was an attempt by the Kenyans to free themselves from British rule. In 1960, Kenya had been part of the British Empire for around 70 years. The core of the resistance was formed by members of the Kikuyu ethnic group, along with smaller numbers of Embu and...

Blackfriars is an area of central London, which lies in the south-west corner of the City of London. The name Black Friars refers to the Dominican Order of Preachers, who wore a black habit. They first arrived in London in 1221 and founded a monastery in Chancery Lane. Today it's full of...

Centuries ago, when Britain and the rest of northern Europe was in the grip of a centuries-long "little Ice Age", frost fairs were a common sight on the River Thames in London during the winter. The ice was so thick that stalls, gaming booths, coffee houses, souvenir shops etc were installed...

Armed Forces Day is a new national day in Britain that will be celebrated every year on 27th June. It is a chance for the British people to show their gratitude to the Armed Forces. Events already planned range from huge military parades in cities to flag raising ceremonies and fetes in...

It's interesting to see how different nationalities react in times of trouble. In April 1912, the British ship Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic, killing 1,517 people. During the sinking, panicking Americans actually jumped queues to try to get into lifeboats, not caring...

From out of the gloom of war, here is a heartwarming tale. The British are said to be a nation of animal lovers, and Pen Farthing is no different. A British soldier, Pen Farthing, serving in Afghanistan with Kilo Company of 42 Commando Royal Marines, has rescued several puppies and dogs that...

One who has a stiff upper lip displays fortitude in the face of adversity, or exercises self-restraint in the expression of emotion. This is a quality usually attributed to the British people, and was particularly demonstrated by Queen Victoria herself. During Victoria's reign from 1837 to...