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How the makers of new British/American movie The Golden Compass took various famous landmarks around the UK - such as those in London and Oxford - and, using computer wizadry, made them look even more impressive.... Following The Golden Compass to Greenwich By Gary Cleland 01/12/2007...

As the Welsh say that they want their Red Dragon (Ddraig Goch) that is on their flag to be put onto the Union Flag as a symbol of their place in the United Kingdom...... Japan offers to solve 'Union Jack problem' By Richard Holt 01/12/2007 The Telegraph The Welsh want a dragon in the...

How the grandson of Queen Victoria was a NAZI (Kaiser Wilhelm, who fought the British in WWI, was another relative of Queen Victoria) who was disowned by the British Royal Family and how Queen Elizabeth, wife of King George VI (later to become the Queen Mother) started to detest the Germans...

Chinglish! Hilarious examples of signs lost in translation 30th November 2007 Daily Mail With so many English-speaking tourists and businessmen now travelling to China, the Chinese are having to translate their signs to help visitors. Sometimes, though, the message gets lost, and the...

The Jobsworth & Judy Show: Puppeteer takes revenge by making health and safety officer villain of his story 30th November 2007 Daily Mail When Glyn Edwards was ordered to fill in a health and safety assessment for his Punch and Judy show, there was only one way to hit back. The veteran...

England must play Kazakhstan (and Croatia, Andorra, Ukraine, and Belarus) in the qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup. The European section of the qualifiers starts in September 2008. England have never played Kazakhstan before, and the world's most famous Kazakh - Borat - tells us about his...

New British/American movie "The Golden Compass" is properly released in December, though it made its debut earlier this week in London's Leicester Square. Like Harry Potter, the movie is based on a British novel: the author, Phillip Pullman, has been voted the third greatest British author after...

How France lags behind the United States, Britain, and Germany in the exporting of its modern culture. America has Hollywood, Britain has music, but what does France have? Even France's supposedly great movie industry may make more films than the British, though the British spend more money on...

Eccentric British ska band Madness are back and are preparing for a new tour.... Madness: Return of the gentleman geezers 29/11/2007 Daily Mail As Madness prepare for a new tour, the masters of joyous English pop tell Thomas H Green why they fight shy of celebrity Madness are...

British teacher, Gillian Gibbons, faces a year's jail or 40 lashes in Sudan. Her crime? Naming a teddy bear "Mohammed". Saira Khan, a British Muslim and author, speaks out.... Why we Muslims must stop the flogging of the Teddy Bear teacher By SAIRA KHAN 29th November 2007 Daily Mail...

The outrageously politically incorrect adverts from the time equality forgot 28th November 2007 Daily Mail In a politically correct age, they seem like outrageous anachronisms. And there is no doubt these adverts - many taken from the first half of the last century - reveal just how much...

Britain is set to become, by some distance, the most populous country in Western Europe, with its rapidly-growing population set to almost DOUBLE in just 70 years to a whopping 110 million. Britain's population is growing at its fatest rate since probably the early 1800s during the Industrial...

The Union Jack, the most famous national flag in the world, may soon be changed for the first time in 200 years to incorporate the Welsh flag, which features The Red Dragon (Welsh: "Y Ddraig Goch"). The Union Jack was created in 1606 by the Scotsman King James I (of England&Wales) VII (of...

By TOM NEWTON DUNN Defence Editor Published: 24 Nov 2007 The Sun Give money to the new Help For Heroes charity by buying these £2 wristbands. The charity aims to give wounded British soldiers in Iraq or Afghanistan better hospital treatment when they return, better housing and accomodation...

Britain's Cunard now has a new ship added to its fleet - the Queen Victoria. This will become the third of Cunard's "Queens", ocean liners named after famous former British monarchs. The other two are the Queeen Elizabeth and Queen Mary 2. This new ocean liner, Queen Victoria, is the most most...

Archbishop of Canterbury: U.S 'is worse than the British Empire at its peak' 25th November 2007 Daily Mail Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has heavily criticised U.S foreign policy The Archbishop of Canterbury has launched a stinging attack on America, comparing it...

The draw for the 2010 World Cup qualifiers has taken place. The 2010 World Cup is being held in South Africa, the first time the world's biggest sporting tournament after the Olympics has been held in Africa. Amazingly, England and Croatia are drawn in the same group again. Both were in the...

One of the number of tragedies about the US gaining its independence from Britain is the welfare of the Native Americans after that independence. Under British rule, the Native Americans were protected and well-treated. But after the British left and America gained its independence, the...

London's Great Fire Monument to get new accordion-shaped neighbour 22nd November 2007 Daily Mail The Great Fire Monument in London, which looks very similar to Nelson's Column, was built by Sir Christopher Wren in 1677 to commemorate the Great Fire of London which destroyed much of the...

For almost 400 years, between the years 43AD and 410AD, Britain was part of the Roman Empire. In those days, it was known to the Romans as the Province of Britannia, and was where Britain gets its name. Even Britain's capital city, London (Londinium), was founded by the Romans (in 43AD) and so...