Monday, February 27, 2006

United Kingdom 2

British followers of Japanese fashion

Museum of British Folklore

Search British Newspapers From 1800-1900

The British Lawnmower Museum

Britain’s dirty little secret as a dumper of toxic waste

Sin bins for worst families

England's Tiananmen - 190 years ago today, cavalry were sent charging into a group of thousands of protesters, in what became known as the Peterloo Massacre

Friends reveal Prince Harry's disguise

Mayor is held in search for knicker thief

A nation of bad parents: Britain's youngsters amongst world's worst for drinking, smoking and teenage pregnancy, warns the OECD

UK's ancient woodland being lost 'faster than Amazon'

British Shin Kicking Championship 2008

10 Crazy Royals

Return to sender: Artist puts Royal Mail to the test

15 Fascinating Facts About Medieval England

Smugglers' Britain. Explore the fascinating story of smuggling in 18th and 19th century Britain, when high taxes led to an dramatic increase in illegal imports.

British seaside cabins

Dimming down: How the brainpower of today's 14-year-olds has slipped 'radically' in just one generation

The cat who came in from the cold. After 20 years living in a remote and derelict stone cottage without electricity, the famed tattooed 'leopard man of Skye' has moved into a flat.

Tiny Shetland island declares independence

Father-of-four finds 12-strong colony of illegal immigrants living in his LOFT

Scottish tourist attraction bans English visitors in revenge for 1298 battle

Britain will be Europe's biggest country by 2060 with 77m people

British arrests soar 32% in Spain

Bastardy and Baby Farming in Victorian England

Father's Day cards banned in Scottish schools

London’s Lost Rivers

Ernest Shackleton, Antarctic Explorer

National Risk Register

England's Rock Art

Flatulent cow puts wind up locals

UK planning to monitor and record every phone call, web page, and email sent by citizens

Creatively Converted Sea Forts of Great Britain: Strange Adaptive Reuse of Military Architecture

The Origins of Some English Place Names

The Maasai warriors' guide to England

Genmaps: Old maps of UK

London is Free - Your online guide to free events in our expensive capital

Castles & Illustrated Walks from the Tyne to the Tweed

Newly released UFO files. A wide range of UFO-related documents covering the years 1978–2002.

Caught on camera: Incredible moment surfers are hit by 50ft wave off Cornwall

Chorographia BrritanniƦ. Images and commentary on the Chorographia Britanniae, an atlas of the counties of England and Wales, first published in 1742.

The break-up of the UK now appears inevitable

The Wonderful North

The National Archives | Public Information Films. Nostalgia time for most of you Brits as on The National Archives' website you can view complete public information films from 1945 - 2006.

A Collection Of Bizarre British Contests

Seahenge

BBC - British History Timeline

11 Inventions you didn't realise the British created

The Glasgow Story

The UK family: In statistics

London, Sugar & Slavery

Oscar Wilde voted greatest British wit

Revealed: Britain, 100 years ago - in living colour

Dragon to sit on Union Jack?

Sat Lav. Shame it's only in London as the UK generally is woefully short of public toilets.

Orphan told pregnancy 'can pay for A-levels'. The UK is now officially beyond a joke.

Rip off Britain

Great Torrington Scarecrow competition. Photos on Flickr

The sorry story of how Scotland lost its 17th century empire

The power of the postcode

EU gives up on 'metric Britain'

Duke of Edinburgh gaffes plotted on Google Maps.

10 Things Not To Do In London

Dam-busting 'megaflood' made Britain an island

4,000 people a week trying to leave UK

'Britain for sale' as more foreign firms snap up UK businesses

Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of the UK, once published a student guide on 'being a parasite' and living off the state

Remembering Greenham Common, 25 years later

Woman gets Asbo banning her from sea after 50 suicide attempts that cost taxpayers £1m

Most spied-upon road in Britain Still plagued by crime

What the Hell is Prince Charles Doing?

British Lawnmower Museum

British castles

Beautiful pics of St. Paul's Cathedral through the ages and it's restoration

Slave Britain

John Speed’s collection of maps was published in 1611 as The theatre of the empire of Great Britaine: presenting an exact geography of the kingdomes of England, Scotland, Ireland, and the iles adioyning: with the shires, hundreds, cities and shire-townes, within ye kingdome of England.

Top ten burglary hotspots named

The Asbo teenager who caused 40 per cent crime rise in one town

How to live like a prince: the shabby style, Sloaney slang and social rules of William and Harry's inner circle


Days of toxic darkness - The Killer Fog Of 1952

Kids to be taught Britishness

Channel Tunnel photos

Mad Maldon Mud Race

Brightons West Pier on Fire : A Slideshow

The Duke of Westminster: so rich and so very foolish. Britain's richest man was exposed as a serial user of prostitutes.

London: A Life in Maps

The property collapse. Millionaire left with even better sea view after cliff landslide.

Human billboards and sandwich board advertising on the streets of London UK

UK is accused of failing children

A photo slideshow ofthe moment the Royal Family battled to retain their composure after Prince Philip appeared to break wind

The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, London 1674 to 1834

Then And Now. Photographs of the East End of London, now and 100 years ago.

Odd London Signs

The Humber Bridge Board

Genmaps: Old and Interesting Maps of England, Wales and Scotland

Dictionary of Victorian London - Exploring Victorian London

The History of the British Transport Police

Giant Elephant charms London

How London has changed in the past 108 years—and how it hasn't

Wiltshire's Underground City - Burlington

Residences of the British Royal Family

Legacies: UK Local History Close to You

The Orders of Chivalry

Avery Ant for (Bloody)King

Princess Diana in 10 seconds

St George's iJacket

Severn Bore surfer breaks record

Celebrating the Queen's 80th Birthday - 80 facts about The Queen

York Minster - Image Gallery

Headington Shark

How do you know that you've been in London too long?

St George's Day holiday campaign

Castles of Britain Photo Gallery

Days Out UK

Flags of the British Empire (Circa 1920)

English Heritage - Stonehenge & the History of England

Good Beach Guide 2005

1920s: the decade that changed London

The London Bridge Museum & Educational Trust

Glasgow Detail and Hidden Glasgow: photographs, images, Glasgow history, culture, regeneration

Surname Profiler Project Website. For UK readers.

History of the English Language

UK nights

London Slang - Introduction

Guerrilla gardeners wage turf war

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