'When you’re chewing on life’s gristle, don’t grumble, give a whistle, and this’ll help things turn out for the best.' (Getty Images) It was the first British warship lost in enemy action since World ...

British officers pause in the middle of a World War I battle to present birthday gifts to their commanding officer, casually unwrapping presents and making polite small talk while soldiers die around ...

Before the 1975 release of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the British comedy troupe Monty Python was barely known overseas. People in Britain knew the group, made up of Graham Chapman, John Cleese, ...