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The Times November 08, 2006 Muslims in glass houses By Rupert Shortt Why is the Muslim sense of victimhood so inflated, given that many Muslim societies won’t put their own houses in order? And why is this double standard downplayed so much in Britain? Mohammad Siddique Khan...

Nazi graffiti daubed on memorial The graffiti was discovered in the early hours of Saturday Vandals have daubed Nazi swastikas on a war memorial in West Sussex. Police officers also found anti-Semitic graffiti painted on one home and a shop close to the memorial in Chapel Road...

Dhiren Barot was this week jailed in Britain for a minimum of 40 years for planning to blow up a London Underground tunnel running under the Thames to drown innocent passengers on any nearby Tube train and for planning to attack the United States. However, as you shall see, there may be...

Thousands fall silent to remember the nation's war dead Bonnie Malkin, Sunday Telegraph Last Updated: 12:55pm GMT 11/11/2006 We must remember them all Britain came to standstill for two minutes today as millions paused to remember those killed fighting for their country. The two-minute...

The Times November 11, 2006 Great hog fish by Mark Catesby (1682-1749) belonging to Queen Elizabeth II's "Collection from the Age of Discovery" (Royal collection). Catesby was an English naturalist who made the first attempt to survey the flora and fauna of North America Queen's...

People have eagerly awaited the new Icons of England now published on the ICONS site The new list of 21 – chosen from nominations from thousands of people from England and around the globe – adds to the rich portrait of England that ICONS is creating as we create an online collection that...

Queen finds £50m Caravaggio in a storeroom 10th November 2006 A painting owned by the Queen has been revealed to be a lost work by the Italian master Caravaggio. The picture, which has been in the Royal Family's possession for around 400 years, had been dismissed as a copy, being...

World's biggest blimp tours Britain 10th November 2006 Gliding serenely across the city skyline, the world's largest airship began its global tour of the world's most famous landmarks in London yesterday. The airship, The Spirit of Dubai, was beginning a journey from London to Dubai...

Dramatic whale rescue 10th November 2006 The whales were stranded on a beach about 85 miles north of New Zealand's capital Auckland About 40 whales have died on a beach after swimming too close to shore, but beachside residents were able to save about 40 others. The beachings of...

British history - for kids....... Foul Facts Gallery: Terrible Tudors, Vile Victorians By Simon Cooper and Terry Deary TERRIBLE TUDORS Terrible Tudors - Nicked © <Mary Queen of Scots had a grisly time of it. She paid the executioner a purse of gold to do a good job. She may have...

Asians thrown off flight Plane drama ... four Asian men attract suspicion at Luton Airport By JOHN TROUP and TOM REILLY November 10, 2006 COPS marched four Asian men off a plane after a passenger said their behaviour made him nervous The men — in Islamic robes — were arguing...

Poppy Appeal joins iPod craze By ALI MARTIN November 09, 2006 Remembrance Day ... now a Podcast THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION has produced a podcast for Remembrance day, designed to encourage a new generation of supporters to pause and remember. The four-minute Act of Remembrance...

The TimesNovember 10, 2006 Britain's booming economy is not only outpacing that of Continental Europe it is also outpacing Japan's....... Why the sun is rising over Britain, not Japan Anatole Kaletsky Britannia depicted on a 2005 £2 coin. After the United States, Britain is the...

Times Online November 10, 2006 Nick Griffin and Nick Collett at court today - it was their second trial on the same charges (Scott Heppell/AFP/Getty Images) BNP leader celebrates acquittal outside race hate trial By Philippe Naughton The leader of the far-Right British...

Made in Britain: the world's most powerful car By PA 09/11/2006 The most powerful production car in the world was today launched by a luxury British manufacturer. The Bristol Fighter T is set to hit Britain's roads next year and boasts a massive 1,012 horsepower. Best of...

Rule Britannia: The famous Americans who would have been British had their ancestors not emigrated. One in five Americans today has ancestors from the British Isles. Campbell's Soups, the Buick and US Steel were also created by the British, as was the US Navy. Britney Spears, Tom Hanks and...

Video: Rocket man injured firing firework from his bottom 9th November 2006 Do not try this at home That must sting a bit: The firework is lit in the man's arsehole To see the video, go...

If the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 actually succeeded then there would probably have been no English Civil War and we would have continued to have an Absolute Monarchy rather than today's Constitutional Monarchy. What If the Gunpowder Plot Had Succeeded? By Professor Ronald Hutton Engraving...

The Percy lion is set to roar again Nov 8 2006 By Tony Henderson, The Journal Work has started on the latest stage of preserving a tower which symbolises the power of a family dynasty. The 14th Century Lion Tower is part of English Heritage's Warkworth Castle in Northumberland. The...

City dig may shed light on Romans The car park is surplus since the Whitefriars centre was built Archaeologists hope a plan to build 20 new houses in the centre of Canterbury will turn up new information about the Roman occupation of Britain. The Rosemary Lane site, which is on top of...