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One reason why England is f****d is because it's the most successful nation the world has ever seen. Another reason, that is very unfair for the English, is the massed ranks of Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish politicians who have a say in English matters that do not concern Scotland, Wales...

Diamond-encrusted: Perfume on sale at £115,000 The ultimate perfume 25th November 2005 The world's most expensive commercially available bottle of perfume has been launched - priced at £115,000. Its crystal flacon is finished with a five carat diamond mounted in an 18 carat gold collar...

Britain's Merchant Navy is the largest in Europe and one of the largest in the world, with 500 ships, 2.5% of the world's total. 100 years ago, when the Empire reached its zenith, the Red Ensign was flown on HALF of all the world's ships - showing that Britain truly did rule the waves, owning...

Christopher Marlowe is probably England's second-greatest playwright ever, after William Shakespeare. But some of the lines of one of his plays, Tamburlaine the Great, have been left out to avoid upsetting Muslims because the hero burns Korans. The Times November 24, 2005 Christopher...

The British scientist beats the German scientist. The Times November 24, 2005 Newton trounces Einstein in vote on their relative merits By Mark Henderson, Science Correspondent HIS most famous equation, E=mc², is 100 years old, and 2005 has been named Einstein Year in his honour, but...

Best's Hours Are Numbered, Says Doctor Final hours: George Best remains in intensive care but there is no hope for his recovery Football legend George Best is losing his battle for life, his doctor says. Professor Roger Williams said: "I am afraid Mr Best is coming to the end of the...

The Times November 18, 2005 London bomb victim lied about rape history By Rajeev Syal Garri Holness, seeking compensation after losing a leg in the July 7th bombings, has been revealed to be a convicted rapist. A PROMINENT victim of the July 7 bombings has admitted that he is a convicted...

Three terrorists, four SAS troopers The SAS had to kill them all simultaneously, otherwise there would be carnage, but even though there were four terrorists, the SAS managed to kill them all at the same time......with only THREE of them firing shots. The Telegraph. Snipers' head shots...

Dani Filth talks about how the band - and how they once set fire to Britney Spears on stage. by Ben Carlish, November 22nd, 2005 Dani Filth is the lead singer of controversial British black metal band Cradle Of Filth. Renowned for spectacular stage shows and Satanic imagery, the band sparked...

It could only happen in Britain (Loch Ness Monster, mystery big cats, fairies, elves, Cornish pixies, ghosts, dragons, ghostly black dogs).... The Times November 21, 2005 Fairies stop developers' bulldozers in their tracks By Will Pavia and Chris Windle VILLAGERS who protested that a...

On Christmas Day 1914, one of the most memorable occasions in war history occured - hostilities between the British and the Germans in the trenches suddenly ceased, and the soldiers from both sides left their trenches and met each other in no-man's-land to play a game of soccer with each other...

The Times On Sun Nov 20, 2005 François Mitterrand took many secrets with him when he died 10 years ago, but now his most startling claim is revealed - his role in selling to Argentina, a military dictatorship, French-made missiles that were used against the British during the 1982 Falklands...

UK's BAE Systems, the world's second-largest defence company, creates the world's first flapless aircraft. BAE SYSTEMS FLIES WORLD’S FIRST FLAPLESS AIR VEHICLE BAE Systems, in partnership with Manchester University has flown the world’s first air vehicle with a new flapless flow control...

Channel 4 is preparing to launch the biggest TV hoax in history. Channel 4 Space Hoax Channel 4 is launching a new reality show in which a group of people believe they are training in Russia for a space mission - but in fact every move they make is being filmed at a disused airbase in Britain...

New-look Cybermen will return in the new series of Dr Who. The new series starts in December, but the Cymermen won't return until the beginning of 2006. BBC Press Release Filming of the eagerly awaited Cybermen adventure is underway in Cardiff. The first two-parter of series two written...

Released: 28th November 2005. The Darkness gloriously return with their second album, One Way Ticket To Hell...And Back. Everything you’ve heard is true. The exhaustion and the fear, the pressure, paranoia and pan pipes, the breakdowns and break-ups, the sackings, sitar solos and endless studio...

Not many people, including the French themselves, like the French. The term "French victory" is so out of date that it has become an oxymoron. Their march into the 21st century has been marred by indignity. The French ego was flattened like a crepe when the United States saved their chateaus in...

The British have showed yet again that their military is the world's best. The Americans have been spending millions of dollars of trying to invent imaging devices that can help them get past invisible trip wires. Meanwhile, Britain's SAS just used "silly string" - the stuff that children use...

Violence exposes France's weaknesses By John Simpson A well-respected BBC World Affairs Editor The violence in France has been brewing for some time Last spring, over dinner in Paris, a close friend of mine who runs one of the biggest opera houses outside the French capital told me...

Writing recently in The Telegraph, columnist Mark Steyn noted that the ongoing riots in France and neighboring countries are likely to exacerbate Europe’s demographic woes. “Europe could face a continent-wide version of the ‘white flight’ phenomenon seen in crime-ridden American cities during...