This Britain
Minor British Institutions: The 'Sport'
The Daily Sport, or Daily Spurt, as its detractors would have it, has been around since 1991, and the Sunday Sport since 1986, and, despite the difficulties that have troubled the British newspaper industry, both are still going.
Inside This Britain
You wait ages to find one hoard of gold coins...
Friday, 9 July 2010
... and then Dave Crisp came across buried Roman treasure twice in one week
Our forgotten freedom fighter: Why the unsung Hurricane is the true ace of the Battle of Britain
Friday, 9 July 2010
It took a lot of muscle to haul her round the sky. Burnt to cinders – like a match. It would do what you wanted it to do. Pure joy. Like flying a brick. Just incredible. It had the wonderful ability to absorb battle damage. It became a good friend right from the start, and I loved it more and more. Very reliable. I never had to worry about that Merlin engine ... you're flying very low, a couple of trees high off the ground, and you do want it to keep going. Cross-wind landings are particularly easy. At 2,000 feet and 200mph, petrol consumption is 30 gallons per hour. The cockpit is weather-proof. Against a fighter, the Hurricane was hopeless."
Top 10 things to do in the park
Friday, 9 July 2010
What better way to spend these warm summer days than in the park.
Detector man unearths 52,000 Roman coins
Thursday, 8 July 2010
A man with a metal detector has made one of the largest finds of Roman coins in Britain, it was revealed today.
Traces found of the earliest Britons from 900,000 years ago
Thursday, 8 July 2010
Mammoths trampled the undergrowth, giant elk stalked the land, and hyenas and sabre-toothed cats took no hostages. This was normal for Norfolk 800,000 years ago, according to scientists who have found the earliest evidence of human settlement in Britain.
World Heritage sites: The battle is on for global recognition
Thursday, 8 July 2010
Offa's Dyke, the Forth Rail Bridge and the Jodrell Bank Observatory are among nearly 40 places which will compete to become World Heritage sites.
Pirate-themed idyll wins Shed of the Year 2010
Monday, 5 July 2010
Reg Miller from Southend-on-Sea, Essex, has won Shed of the Year 2010 after beating off competition from 1,250 shed-lovers.
Cheer up, Britain! There's plenty to enjoy out there
Sunday, 4 July 2010
Take your minds off the football and tennis debacles of recent weeks by discovering the true pleasure of the British summer, whether it's al fresco art, food, films, books, festivals or even sport – whatever floats your balloon
Me and my shed
Sunday, 4 July 2010
Women have infiltrated the last bastion of masculinity and are leading the battle for Shed of the Year.
1970 vs 2010: 40 years when we got older, richer and fatter
Saturday, 3 July 2010
You smoked heavily. You missed out on university. You didn't take foreign holidays. You didn't have a car. You had a job in a factory. And you were likely to die at 68.
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The realignment of politics might just take place on the centre-right.
• Howard Jacobson: Choose life. Choose a job. Choose the future
You descend into old age wondering what your life might have been.
• Patterson: Neanderthal Norfolk to Iran today
Some might be surprised to hear Norfolk was once cradle of British civilisation.
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