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Princes Harry and William looked smart as they marched together in the Combined Cavalry Old Comrades' Association Parade. It was the first time ever thay had marched together in any parade. It is traditon for this group to march together wearing suits, ties and bowler hats - the "proper...

You are still a nation of Basil Fawltys who mock us - say Germans 14th May 2007 Daily Mail Don't mention the war!: John Cleese as German-hating Basil Fawlty, doing goose-steps when a group of Germans arrives at his hotel, in the hilarious "The Germans" episode of "Fawlty Towers"...

BBC man says 'I was wrong to lose it. But these scientologists are truly scary' By JOHN SWEENEY 14th May 2007 Daily Mail BBC reporter John Sweeney apologises for losing his temper on tonight's Panorama programme on Scientology. He talks about the 6 months of intensive research behind...

Empire Day is now called Victoria Day in Canada. Once celebrated throughout the British Empire it is now probably more widely celebrated in Canada than it is in Britain. 24TH MAY - EMPIRE DAY....for Queen and Country! Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and...

A new British comedy movie is released on May 18th. Called "Magicians" it stars comedy duo Mitchell and Webb, the rising new stars of British comedy. It's from the makers of the BBC comedy series "Peep Show". Magicians is a British comedy film that is due for release May 18...

Russia brews trouble in Europe's Cuba By Colin Freeman in Tiraspol Sunday Telegraph 12/05/2007 Video: The Soviet state that doesn't exist ********************************************************* INFO ON TRANSDNIESTER Transdniester, a tiny, elongated "state", is in eastern...

A 'Muslim-Friendly' America? By INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY Thursday, May 03, 2007 Islamofascism: You would think 9/11 would have marginalized militant Muslims. But it's only emboldened them. Now they're demanding foot-baths in restrooms — and getting them! The latest appeasement comes...

British artist Banksy (no-one knows what his real name is but it may be Robert Banks) from Bristol specialises is painting on walls and the sides of buildings. Most of us call it grafitti, but his work is usually more artistic than ordinary grafitti. GALLERY: Swept under the carpet ... Red...

MoD's latest propaganda weapon ... Harry, the war movie By MARK NICHOL 13th May 2007 Defence chiefs are planning to let a camera crew follow Prince Harry during his tour of duty in Iraq. The Ministry of Defence crew will film him while on operations, with footage being released to...

Mother-of-two's transformation in Afghanistan from burka to bikini By HEIDI KINGSTONE in Kabul 12th May 2007 Daily Mail There is a quiet buzz of happy conversation as the students at the world's most unlikely hairdressing academy practise the arcane arts of perms, tints and extensions on...

Queen and Brown join forces to save Union By JONATHAN OLIVER 12th May 2007 Daily Mail The Queen is to join forces with soon-to-be-Prime Minister Gordon Brown to prevent the break-up of the Union between Scotland and England/Wales. Mr Brown (a Scotsman), who shares the Queen's grave...

Napoleon always lived like an emperor By Malcolm Moore on Elba 12/05/2007 The Telegraph Napoleon: the tiny dictator was forced into exile on the island of Elba by the British in 1814 The island of Elba, off the west coast of Italy, is a part of Tuscany Napoleon's will to...

Jail's luxury food scandal Gourmet diners ... from left, Peter Sutcliffe (the Yorkshire Ripper), Ian Kay, Peter Bryan and Kenneth Erskine By JAMIE PYATT May 12, 2007 The Sun PAMPERED murderers at Broadmoor Hospital have cooked up a row over the amount of CHICKEN in their tikka...

From the creators of BBC television's QI, a quietly intriguing new column The Daily Telegraph's Quite Interesting homepage The stars of the BBC gameshow QI (Quite Interesting) Quite Interesting has just got more interesting. From today, this column will bring you a mixture of freshly...

Shakespeare gets comic treatment By Gary Eason Education editor, BBC News website The appetite of publishers for comic book - or graphic novel - versions of Shakespeare plays seems undimmed. But is this a valid way of introducing the Bard to new readers? One new UK publishing...

Paris meeting boosts Franco-British links By Henry Samuel in Paris 12/05/2007 The Telegraph Tony Blair became the first foreign leader to see the newly-elected French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, when the two men met yesterday in Paris. The outgoing British prime minister meets the...

If Brown lives up to yesterday's promise, he could become a truly great Prime Minister By PETER OBORNE 11th May 2007 Daily Mail Whatever the reason, for the past 15 years, Gordon Brown has cultivated a dark, scowling, aloof and suspicious public image. While extremely warm to a...

Gordon Brown will almost certainly become British Prime Minister on 27th June. His policies include more economic development in Iraq, continuing the close relationship with the US (and, being much more Europhobic than Blair, he'll not let the EU boss him around the way Blair did) and change the...

As usual, this year's competition has its normal collection of cheesy songs - "Europop" - in languages you can't understand. Even the UK which - along with Republic of Ireland - has a world-beating popular music scene (they're also the two most successful countries in Eurovision) usually...

Tunnel open again at Silbury hill BBC English Heritage is conducting stabilisation work at the site The huge Silbury Hill in Wiltshire is as old and as large as the pyramids of Egypt. The road running alongside it gives an idea of its vast size. Engineers have reopened a tunnel...