Architecture
Yahoo Portal Architecture http://dir.yahoo.com/arts/design_arts/architecture/ British Council http://www.britishcouncil.org/arts-aad.htm IA-UK http://www.ia-uk.co.uk/ ADAM http://www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/ AECPORTICO http://www.aecportico.co.uk/ Architecture Foundation http://www.architecturefoundation.org.uk/ RIBA http://www.architecture.com/go/Architecture/Home.html Art & Architecture http://www.artandarchitecture.co.uk/ Archinet http://www.construction-index.com/ Intbau http://www.intbau.org/ Great Buildings http://www.greatbuildings.com
Facts and attractions about Britain
Museum and Arts
24 Hour Museum – gateway to over 2,500 UK museums, galleries and heritage attractions www.24hourmuseum.org.uk The British Council http://www.britishcouncil.org/ Art Guide – features a great linklist to all museums in the UK www.artguide.org/uk Royal Academy of Arts http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/?lid=1226 British Arts http://www.britisharts.co.uk/ BBC Arts http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/ Design Council www.designcouncil.org.uk Arts Council England www.artscouncil.org.uk London Theatre Guide www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk The British Film Institute http://www.bfi.org.uk Theatre web of the UK www.uktw.co.uk London Theatre Guide http://www.londontheatre.co.uk/index.html West End London http://www.albemarle-london.com/news.html ADAM Gateway http://www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/ Art UK http://www.artuk.co.uk/ National Organization of Youth Theatres http://www.nayt.org.uk/ Theatres Online http://www.theatresonline.com/
General attractions and UK Towns
Visit Britain attractions guide http://www1.visitbritain.com UK attractions http://www.ukattractions.com/ Windsor Castle http://www.windsor.gov.uk/ London Eye http://www.londoneye.com/ Royal Albert Hall http://www.royalalberthall.com/ Madame Tussauds http://www.madame-tussauds.co.uk/ Warwick Castle http://www.warwick-castle.co.uk/ Hampton Court http://www.hamptoncourt.org.uk/ Historic Royal Places http://www.hrp.org.uk/ The London Dungeon http://www.thedungeons.com/ Royal Shakespeare Company http://www.rsc.org.uk Shakespeare’s Globe London http://www.shakespeares-globe.org/ Stratford-upon-Avon http://www.stratford-upon-avon.co.uk/ Brighton & Hove http://www.brighton.co.uk/ London http://www.londontown.com Liverpool http://www.liverpool.gov.uk Birmingham http://www.birmingham.org.uk/
Britain’s History History
British history; life & travel http://www.britannia.com/ Institute of Historical Research http://www.history.ac.uk/ BBC’s history linkpage http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ Britain and its history http://www.great-britain.co.uk/history/history.htm Digital library of texts and information http://www.british-history.ac.uk/ Timeline of British history http://www.history.uk.com/ Centre for Contemporary British History http://icbh.ac.uk/ British Heritage http://www.britishheritage.com/ History of the Monarchy http://www.royal.gov.uk
Other helpful links to related pages
Webpage with more history links http://www.british-history.com/ Links to resources for Historians in London http://www.ghil.ac.uk/links.html UK Student life http://www.ukstudentlife.com/Britain/History.htm History on TV http://www.historychannel.com/ Britain at your fingertips http://www.britainusa.com/
Britain’s appearance Britain, its role in Europe, and the EU
The European Commission’s Representation http://www.cec.org.uk/ Gateway to the European Union http://www.europa.eu.int/ Europe Direct http://europa.eu.int/europedirect/index_en.htm EU Parliament http://www.europarl.eu.int/ National Audit Office http://www.nao.org.uk/ Internationaler Währungsfonds http://www.imf.org/ NATO http://www.nato.int/ UK Trade Investment www.uktradeinvest.de
Get in contact with Britain
German-British Forum http://www.gbf.com/ German Historical Institute London http://www.ghil.ac.uk/ Anglo-German Foundation http://www.agf.org.uk/ British Council http://www.britishcouncil.de British-German Association http://www.britishgermanassociation.org/ Deutscher Anglistenverband http://www.anglistenverband.de/at002.html Deutsch-Britische Gesellschaft http://www.debrige.de/ Prinz Albert Gesellschaft http://www.prinz-albert-gesellschaft.uni-bayreuth.de/ Arbeitskreis Deutsche England Forschung http://www.adef-britishstudies.de/ Anglo-German Family History Society http://www.agfhs.org.uk/ Centre for British Studies Bamberg http://www.uni- bamberg.de/wissenschaftl_einrichtungen/zentren/centre_for_british_studies/ Centre for British Studies Berlin http://www2.rz.hu-berlin.de/gbz/ Facts and figures about Great Britain http://www.welt-in- zahlen.de/seite_laenderinfo.php?land=Grossbritannien Britain 2003 (The official yearbook of GB) http://www.statistics.gov.uk/products/p5703.asp
Education, work and scholarships Education in the UK
Education UK http://www.educationuk.org Open University http://www.open.ac.uk/ The Times Higher Education Supplement http://www.thes.co.uk/ Google Universities http://www.google.com/options/universities.html Careers in Europe http://www.europe.hobsons.com Studies abroad?! General information http://www.uni-online.de Universities and Colleges Admission Service http://www.ucas.co.uk/ German Academic Exchange service http://www.daad.de/de/index.html Department for Education and Employment http://www.dfes.gov.uk/index.htm "Learn English in Europe" http://www.abi-ev.de/
Work links
Gateway for students, academics and employers http://work-experience.org.uk/ German job centre http://www.arbeitsagentur.de/ Carl Duisberg Centre http://www.cdc.de/ Graduate Careers http://www.prospects.ac.uk/ Gateway for access to careers; information and guidance http://www.aiuto.net/uk.htm Academic jobs in the UK http://www.jobs.ac.uk/
Learning English
ARELS Language schools UK http://www.arels.org.uk/ Language courses at universities http://www.baselt.org.uk/ Database of accredited English language courses http://www.englishinbritain.co.uk/ Improve your English on the Internet http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/ Information for teachers http://www.neelb.org.uk/teachers
General Links
StudentZone http://www.studentzone.org.uk/ Academic jobs in the UK http://www.jobs.ac.uk
Scholarships
Stiftungsindex http://www.stiftungsindex.de/ Stiftung Deutsche Geisteswissenschaftliche Institute im Ausland (DGIA) http://www.stiftung-dgia.de/ Humboldt Stiftung http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/ DFG http://www.dfg.de/ Konrad Adenauer Stiftung http://www.kas.de/ Friedrich Ebert Stiftung http://www.fes.de/ Fulbright Kommision http://www.fulbright.de/index.shtml Funders Online http://www.fundersonline.org/ Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung http://www.hss.de/homepage.shtml National Science Foundation http://www.nsf.gov/ Studienstiftung http://www.studienstiftung.de/ Scholarships http://www.scholarships.com/ MBA Scholarships UK http://www.careerdynamo.com/mba/mba_getin/mba_scholarship_uk.html Cusanus Web http://www.cusanuswerk.de/
Geography in GB
UK Geography http://www.statistics.gov.uk/geography/maps.asp Geo Explorer http://www.geoexplorer.co.uk/ Geo Resources http://www.georesources.co.uk/index.htm Geo Topics http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk Oxford Geography http://www.geog.ox.ac.uk/ Geographical Association http://www.geography.org.uk/ Yahoo Geography http://uk.dir.yahoo.com/Science/Geography/ Demographia http://www.demographia.com/db-ukcities.htm Wildgoose Education – Geography http://www.wgoose.co.uk/
German-British Societies and Centres
German-British Forum http://www.gbf.com/ German Historical Institute London http://www.ghil.ac.uk/ Deutsch-Britische Gesellschaft http://www.debrige.de/index.html British-German Association http://www.britishgermanassociation.org/ Deutscher Anglistenverband http://www.anglistenverband.de/at002.html Deutsch-Britische Gesellschaft http://www.debrige.de/ Prinz Albert Gesellschaft http://www.prinz-albert-gesellschaft.uni-bayreuth.de/ Arbeitskreis Deutsche England Forschung http://www.adef-britishstudies.de/ Centre for British Studies http://www.uni- bamberg.de/wissenschaftl_einrichtungen/zentren/centre_for_british_studies/ The German Shakespeare Society http://www.shakespeare-gesellschaft.de/
Politics and Government in Great Britain
Politics and Government
http://www.parliament.uk – The official homepage of the British government; very useful information about nearly all political topics and always with up-to date information http://www.number-10.gov.uk – The homepage for Britain’s Prime Minister; features information about the government, Downing Street 10 and offers an interactive newsroom with the newest information etc. www.doh.gov.uk Department of Health www.dfes.gov.uk Department for Education and Skills http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk - Homepage of Britain’s Home office http://www.inforoute.hmso.gov.uk – Gateway through official government sources http://www.direct.gov.uk – Government information service; features also very good links to public services. http://www.statistics.gov.uk/ - National statistics
Other useful links
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/gbpolitics.htm – Great site: features political concepts and topics of politics in Britain. (Get informed about political questions on Britain) http://dmoz.org/Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/Society_and_Culture/Politics/Parties/ - Good links about politics in the United Kingdom. http://users.powernet.co.uk/hack/sleaze/sg_links_01.html – General political links http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/man.htm – Election manifestos from 1945 till now. http://www.politicalcartoon.co.uk/ - Wide range of British political cartoons
Embassies
http://www.britischebotschaft.de/ - The homepage of the British Embassy in Berlin http://www.london.diplo.de/Vertretung/london/de/Startseite.html - The homepage of the German Embassy in London
Libraries in Great Britain Libraries in Great Britain - General Links
The British Library http://www.bl.uk/ Oxford Library http://www.lib.ox.ac.uk/ Electronic Libraries Programme http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/elib/ Cambridge Library http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/University/Libraries/ Duke University Libraries http://www.lib.duke.edu/ Harvard Library http://lib.harvard.edu/ COPAC – an union catalogue http://www.copac.ac.uk/ CURL – Consortium of University libraries http://www.rluk.ac.uk/curl_to_rluk National and University libraries http://www.sconul.ac.uk/ GABRIEL – Gateway to Europe’s Libraries http://www.ddb.de/gabriel/ Library Index http://www.libdex.com/ National Library Ireland http://www.nli.ie/ National Library Scotland http://www.nls.uk/ Huntington Library http://www.huntington.org/ The Newberry Library http://www.newberry.org/ UK Public Libraries http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/square/ac940/weblibs.html Ingenta http://www.ingenta.com/ Folger Shakespeare Library http://www.folger.edu/Home_02b.html Library of Congress Online Catalogue http://catalog.loc.gov/help/contents.htm British Book Trade Index http://www.bbti.bham.ac.uk/
Libraries in Germany
University of Bamberg http://www.uni-bamberg.de/unibib/ Datenbank für Fachzeitschriften http://www.profikiosk.de/ BVB – Bayern http://www.bib-bvb.de/bvb.htm Herzog August Bibliothek http://www.hab.de/ University of Karlsruhe http://www.ubka.uni-karlsruhe.de/kvk.html Bibliotheken Online http://web2.cylex.de/deutsch/Stadt/Produktsuche/bibliotheken_d.asp
Secondhand Bookshops
Find Articles http://articles.findarticles.com/p/home?tb=art Find my Book http://www.findmybook.de/ Verlage und Buchhandlungen http://www.chemie.fu-berlin.de/outerspace/verlage.html I-UK books http://www.iuk-books.co.uk/ Ultimate Books http://www.ultimatebooks.com/
Electronic Dictionaries
Cambridge Dictionary http://dictionary.cambridge.org/ OED – Subscription needed http://www.oed.com/ Hyperdictionary http://www.hyperdictionary.com/ Online Dictionary http://www.word2word.com/dictionary.html International Computer Archive of English http://helmer.aksis.uib.no/whatis.html Webster Online http://www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm German/English - English/German http://dict.leo.org
Literature Literature - General Links
Literature Page http://www.literaturepage.com/ Luminarium Anthology http://www.luminarium.org/lumina.htm The Literature Network http://www.online-literature.com/ Project Gutenberg http://www.promo.net/pg/ English Literature on the Net http://www.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/EngLit.html American Literature on teh Web http://www.nagasaki-gaigo.ac.jp/ishikawa/amlit/ Canadian Literature Archive http://www.umanitoba.ca/canlit/ Children’s Literature http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/ Literature Classics http://www.literatureclassics.com/ Electronic Literature Organization http://directory.eliterature.org/ Early English Books Online http://eebo.chadwyck.com/home Early Modern Literary Studies http://www.shu.ac.uk/emls/emlsweb.html Literary Resources Renaissance http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/ren.html Renaissance Electronic Texts http://www.library.utoronto.ca/utel/ret/ret.html Renaissance Editions http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~rbear/ren.htm Renaissance http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/%7Ejlynch/Lit/ren.html CERES http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/ceres/main.htm 17th Century http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/ 18th Century http://eserver.org/18th/ Victorian Web http://www.victorianweb.org/ General Victorian Links http://www.victorianweb.org/misc/related.html Postcolonial Literature in English http://www.postcolonialweb.org/ Biographical English Drama Database http://shakespeareauthorship.com/bd/ Drama Database http://www.gabrielegan.com/nsdd/index.htm Michael Best (Uvic) http://english.uvic.ca/Faculty/MBHomePage/ The Guardian Books http://books.guardian.co.uk/0,5917,,00.html Biographies http://www.biography.com/
Shakespeare on the Net - Informational Research Links
Electronic Shakespeare http://www.wfu.edu/~tedforrl/shakespeare/ - Shakespeare%20in Shakespeare Online http://www.shakespeare-online.com/ http://www.william-shakespeare.de/ Shakespeare Resource Centre http://www.bardweb.net/ Shakespeare Org. http://www.shakespeare.org/ Oxford Shakespeare http://www.shakespeare-oxford.com/ Hardy Cook http://www.shaksper.net/ Shakespeare and the Renaissance http://ise.uvic.ca/Annex/ShakSites1.html Shakespeare in Europe http://www.unibas.ch/shine/home Folger Shakespeare Library http://www.folger.edu/Home_02B.html Life and Times http://ise.uvic.ca/Library/SLT/intro/introsubj.html The Shakespeare Institute http://www.shakespeare.bham.ac.uk/ Shakespeare Stage History http://www.berens.org/shakespeare/ Shakespeare Photographs http://www.ulib.csuohio.edu/shakespeare/index.html Shakespearean Grammar http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi- bin/ptext?doc=Perseus:text:1999.03.0080 Shakespeare Bulletin http://www.shakespeare-bulletin.org/ Michael Best (Uvic) http://english.uvic.ca/Faculty/MBHomePage/ Shakespeare’s World http://shakespeare.emory.edu/index.html Shakespeare Authorship http://shakespeareauthorship.com
Shakespeare’s Globe
Shakespeare’s Globe http://www.shakespeares-globe.org/ Shakespeare’s Globe Centre (USA) http://www.sgc.umd.edu/ Shakespeare Theatre http://www.shakespearetheatre.org/ Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre Tickets http://uk-review.co.uk/entertainment/theatre- tickets/globe-shakespeare-theater-ticket.htm
Shakespeare Societies
The Shakespeare Association of America http://www.shakespeareassociation.org/ The British Shakespeare Association http://www.britishshakespeare.ws/ The German Shakespeare Society http://www.shakespeare-gesellschaft.de/ Shakespeare Society of Low Countries http://shakespeare.let.uu.nl/sgnveng.htm
Shakespeare’s Works, Facsimiles and Editions on the Internet
Shakespeare Bookshelf http://www.bartleby.com/70/ Online texts and journals http://www.english.upenn.edu/~traister/texts.html Internet Shakespeare Editions http://ise.uvic.ca/ Shakespeare Authorship Page http:// www.shakespeareauthorship.com Complete Shakespeare Works http://the-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/ The Works of the bard http://www.it.usyd.edu.au/~matty/Shakespeare/ Bartleby http://www.bartleby.com/70/ Oxford text archives http://ota.ahds.ac.uk/ Enfolded Hamlet http://www.global-language.com/enfolded.html Shakespeare’s THE TEMPEST http://www.leeds.ac.uk/english/staff/projects/treestempest/ Shakespeare’s First Folio http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi- bin/ptext?doc=Perseus:text:1999.03.0018 The Complete Works http://the-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/ William Shakespeare Poems http://www.william-shakespeare.info/william- shakespeare-poems.htm Internet Shakespeare Edition http://ise.uvic.ca/ The Literature Network http://www.online-literature.com/shakespeare/ Encyclopedia Britannica http://search.eb.com/shakespeare/index2.html UK Shakespeare Collections http://www.touchstone.bham.ac.uk/welcome.html World Shakespeare Bibliography http://www.worldshakesbib.org/ Shakespeare Sonnets http://www.shakespeares-sonnets.com/ SHAXICAN http://www.gabrielegan.com/shaxican/index.htm World Shakespeare Bibliography http://www.worldshakesbib.org/
Histories:
http://www.unibas.ch/shine/works1hist.html
Comedies:
http://www.unibas.ch/shine/works2com.html
Problem Plays:
http://www.unibas.ch/shine/works3prob.html
Romances:
http://www.unibas.ch/shine/works4rom.html
Tragedies:
http://www.unibas.ch/shine/works5trag.html
Poetry:
http://www.unibas.ch/shine/works6poems.html http://shakespeare.clearview.ab.ca/venus
Sonnets:
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/utel/ret/shakespeare/1609inti.html Shakespeare’s Sonnets Illustrated with paintings http://www.chez.com/shake/
Venus and Adonis:
Venus and Adonis http://musicantiga.com.sapo.pt/Musicantiga-VenusAndAdonis.htm Venus and Adonis Libretto http://www.karadar.com/Librettos/blow_venus.html Venus and Adonis e-text http://absoluteshakespeare.com/poems/venus_and_adonis.htm
Apocrypha:
http://www.unibas.ch/shine/works7apo.html
Media in Great Britain
Channel Islands
Guernsey: This is Guernsey.com - Guernsey Press and Star . [http://www.guernsey- press.com/index.html] Jersey: This is Jersey.com - Jersey Evening Post. [ http://www.thisisjersey.com/ ]
South West England
Bristol: This is Bristol [http://www.thisisbristol.com/] - from the Bristol Evening Post. Bristol: Western Daily Press [http://www.westpress.co.uk/] - "Internet gateway to the West of England". Cornwall: This is Cornwall [http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/] - from the Cornish Guardian. Devon: This is Exeter [http://www.thisisexeter.co.uk/] - from the Exeter Express & Echo. Devon: North Devon Journal Online . [http://www.northdevonjournal.co.uk/] Devon: This is Plymouth [http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/] - from the Evening Herald. Devon: This is South Devon [http://www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk/] - from Torquay Herald Express. Devon: Western Morning News Online [http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/] (Plymouth). Dorset: This is Dorset [http://www.thisisdorset.net/] - from the Daily Echo and Dorset Echo. Somerset: This is Bath [http://www.thisisbath.com/index.jsp] - from the Bath Chronicle. Somerset: This is Mid Somerset [http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/] - from the Central Somerset Gazette, Cheddar Valley Gazette, Wells Journal, Shepton Mallet Journal, and Mid Somerset Times. Somerset: Western Gazette [http://www.westgaz.co.uk/] - Somerset and Dorset. Wiltshire: Evening Advertiser [http://www.adver.co.uk/]- Swindon. Wiltshire: Gazette and Herald [http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/ ] - (Devizes). Wiltshire: Swindon Business News . [http://www.swindon-business.net/]
South East England
Berkshire: Maidenhead Advertiser . [http://www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/] Buckinghamshire: Bucks Free Press [http://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/] - part of the This Is network East Sussex: Evening Argus . [http://www.thisisbrightonandhove.co.uk/] Hampshire: Hampshire Chronicle [http://www.thisishampshire.net/hampshire/winchester/] Winchester. Hampshire: The Online News [http://www.thenews.co.uk/] - gateway to Portsmouth. Hertfordshire: This is Hertfordshire [http://www.thisishertfordshire.co.uk/] - for news from Watford, St. Albans, Harpenden, Hatfield and Welwyn. Isle of Wight County Press . [http://www.iwcp.co.uk/] Kent: Courier On-Line [http://www.courier.co.uk/index.jsp] - Tunbridge Wells. London: This is London [http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/] - Evening Standard online. London and Environs: This is Local London [http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/] - covering news from the Greater London area and towns such as Croydon, Harrow, and Staines. Oxfordshire: This is Oxfordshire [http://www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/] - News from Newsquest (Oxfordshire), publisher of the Oxford Mail, The Oxford Times, Witney Gazette and other local titles. Surrey: Surrey Advertiser On Line . [http://www.surreyad.co.uk/] West Sussex: West Sussex Observer [http://www.chiobserver.co.uk/] - Chichester
East Anglia
General: Eastern Counties Network [http://www.ecn.co.uk/] - news from 4 Eastern papers. Cambridge: Cambridge News Online [http://w3.cambridge-news.co.uk/] - the Cambridge Evening News. Norfolk: Lynn News and Citizen [http://w3.cambridge-news.co.uk/ ](King's Lynn).
Midlands
Coventry: icCoventry.co.uk [http://iccoventry.icnetwork.co.uk/ ] - (Coventry Evening Telegraph). Derbyshire: This is Derbyshire [http://www.thisisderbyshire.com/ ] - (Derby Evening Telegraph). Gloucestershire: This is Gloucestershire [http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/] - News from The Citizen and Gloucestershire Echo. Leicestershire: This is Leicestershire [http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/ ] - (Leicester Mercury). Lincolnshire: This is Lincolnshire [http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/ ] - (Lincolnshire Echo). North Lincolnshire: This is Scunthorpe [http://www.thisisscunthorpe.co.uk/ ] - (Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph). Nottinghamshire: Newark Advertiser . [http://www.newarkadvertiser.co.uk/] Nottinghamshire: This is Nottingham.co.uk [http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/] - (Nottingham Evening Post). Nottinghamshire: Worksop Today.co.uk [http://www.worksoptoday.co.uk/] - from the Worksop Guardian. South Midlands: Newsquest (Midlands South) [http://www.newsquestmidlands.co.uk/] - 13 local newspapers from areas such as Dudley, Kidderminster and Stourbridge. Shropshire: Shropshire Star [http://www.shropshirestar.com/] Staffordshire: This is Staffordshire.co.uk [http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/] - includes local news from the county from The Sentinel. West Midlands: expressandstar.com [http://www.expressandstar.com/] - from the Express & Star. Worcestershire: This is Worcester [http://www.thisisworcester.co.uk/] - from the Evening News and Berrow’s Worcester Journal.
North West England
Cheshire: This is Cheshire [http://www.thisischeshire.co.uk/] - 10 towns in Cheshire. Cumbria: This is Cumbria [http://www.thisiscumbria.co.uk/] - news from The Westmorland Gazette covering five local regions. Lancashire: icLiverpool.co.uk [http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/] - from Daily Post and Liverpool Echo. Includes papers from 5 other towns. Lancashire: This is Lancashire [http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/ ] - 18 towns in Lancashire. Manchester: Manchester Online [http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/] - Produced by the Manchester Evening News.
North East England General: This is the North-East [http://www.thisisthenortheast.co.uk/] - from the Northern Echo. Includes local news by county from Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, Durham, Cleveland and North Yorkshire. Harrogate: Harrogate Today [http://www.harrogatetoday.co.uk/] - from the Harrogate Advertiser. Huddersfield: icHuddersfield [http://ichuddersfield.icnetwork.co.uk/] - news from the Huddersfield Daily Examiner. Humberside: This is Grimsby [http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/] - including news from the Grimsby Evening Telegraph. Humberside: This is Hull [http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/] - including news from the Hull Daily eMail. Newcastle: icNewcastle [http://icnewcastle.icnetwork.co.uk/] - including news from the Herald & Post, Evening Chronicle and The Journal. Northumberland: Hexham Courant Online . [http://www.hexham-courant.co.uk/] South Yorkshire: Barnsley Chronicle . [http://www.barnsley-chronicle.co.uk/] South Yorkshire: Doncaster Today.co.uk [http://www.doncastertoday.co.uk/] - from the Doncaster Free Press, Doncaster Courier, and Doncaster Advertiser. South Yorkshire: Sheffield Today [http://www.sheffieldtoday.net/] - including news from the Star (Sheffield). Teesside: icTeesside.co.uk [http://icteesside.icnetwork.co.uk/] - News and features from the North-East Evening Gazette in Middlesbrough). Tyne & Wear: Evening Chronicle [http://icnewcastle.icnetwork.co.uk/eveningchronicle/ ] (Newcastle). Tyne & Wear: Sunderland Today [http://www.sunderland-echo.co.uk/] - from the Sunderland Echo. West Yorkshire: This Is Bradford.co.uk [http://www.thisisbradford.co.uk/]News from Bradford and five towns in West Yorkshire. York: This is York [http://www.thisisyork.co.uk/] - from the Evening Press. Yorkshire (all regions): Yorkshire Post Today . [http://www.ypn.co.uk/]
Wales
All areas: News Wales [http://www.newswales.co.uk/] - a daily national news service with stories from a variety of sources. Shropshire and Mid Wales: Shropshire Star [http://www.shropshirestar.com/] South Wales: This is South Wales [http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/] - from the South Wales Evening Post, Llanelli Star, and Carmarthen Journal. South Wales: icWales.co.uk [http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/] - news and other features.
Scotland
Aberdeen: Press and Journal . [http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/index.jsp] Argyll: Dunoon Observer and Argyllshire Standard . [http://www.dunoon-observer.co.uk/] Borders: Berwickshire Today [http://www.berwickshiretoday.co.uk/] - with items from The Berwickshire News. Borders: Hawick Today [http://www.hawick-news.co.uk/] - with items from Hawick News. Borders: Borders Today [http://www.borderstoday.co.uk/]- with news from the Southern Reporter. Dundee: The Courier . [http://www.thecourier.co.uk] Dundee: Evening Telegraph . [http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk] Glasgow: Evening Times . [http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/] Moray: Forres Gazette . [http://www.forres-gazette.co.uk/] Shetland Islands: The Shetland Times . [http://www.shetlandtoday.co.uk/]
Northern Ireland
Belfast: irelandclick.com [http://www.irelandclick.com/] - from Andersonstown News and other local Belfast newspapers. Fermanagh: Fermanagh Herald Online . [http://www.fermanaghherald.com/] Tyrone: Strabane Chronicle [http://www.strabanechronicle.com/] - a weekly publication. Tyrone: Ulster Herald [http://www.ulsterherald.com/] - a weekly publication.
Monarchy
The Official Royal Family Homepage http://www.royal.gov.uk Royal Insight http://www.royalinsight.gov.uk/output/Page1727.asp The Royalty Magazine http://www.royalty-magazine.com/ The Unofficial Royalty Homepage http://www.etoile.co.uk/Royal.html Links to royal related pages http://www.abrexa.co.uk/Society_and_Culture/Monarchy/
Music in the UK
British Music Information Centre http://www.bmic.co.uk/
Medieval Music
Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music http://www.diamm.ac.uk/ http://www.medieval.org/emfaq/concerts/other.htm Internet Sources for Music http://www.liv.ac.uk/Library/subjects/arts/music/musicintres.html
Classical Music
Classical Music http://www.classicalmusic.co.uk/ BBC Classical Music http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/classical/ Classical Music Org. http://www.classicalmusic.org.uk/ Classical Music Portal Germany http://www.klassik.com/ Classical Value http://www.crotchet.co.uk/ British Classical Music http://www.britishclassicalmusic.com
Modern Music
Top of the Pops http://www.bbc.co.uk/totp/ UK Launch http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/ Britannia http://www.britannia.com/arts/music/ VMG - The raft http://www.vmg.co.uk/ UK Music http://www.ukmusic.com/ UK Music Archive http://www.ukmusicarchive.741.com/ Find UK Music on http://pages.ebay.co.uk/music-index.html Guide to British Music of the 60s http://www.makingtime.co.uk/ Music for Students http://www.ukstudentlife.com/Britain/Music/Pop.htm Virgin Megastore http://www.virgin.com/gateways/megastore/ HMV UK http://www.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/home.do
Alternative UK Music
Oasis http://www.oasisinet.com/ Franz Ferdinand http://www.franzferdinand.co.uk/ Blur http://www.blur.co.uk/site.html The Delays http://www.thedelays.co.uk/ Coldplay http://www.coldplay.com/ Supergrass http://www.supergrass.com/
UK Music
The Beatles http://www.thebeatles.com/ Gabrielle http://www.gabrielle.co.uk/enter.html Rolling Stones http://www.rollingstones.com/home.php Robbie Williams http://www.robbiewilliams.com /
Sports in the UK
UK Sports Portal http://www.thebigproject.co.uk/sport_bott.htm BBC Sports http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport Premier League football http://www.premierleague.com/ Cricket League http://www.ecb.co.uk/ English Pool Association http://www.epa.org.uk/index.php English Bowling Association http://www.bowlsengland.com/ British Darts Organisation http://www.bdodarts.com/ Horse Racing http://www.britishhorseracing.com/inside_horseracing/ Yahoo Sports http://sports.yahoo.com/ Eurosport http://www.eurosport.com/ Skysports http://www.skysports.com/
Tourism in Great Britain Great Britain – General Links to the whole of Britain:
Visit Britain – GB official travel guide http://www.visitbritain.com/ UK Information Guide http://www.great-britain.co.uk/index.htm An essential guide through GB http://www.i-uk.com/ B&B accommodation in GB http://www.tuckedup.com/ Order brochures, tickets and much more for your next trip to GB here http://www.britaindirect.com/ Comprehensive listing of links to all things relating to tourism in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland http://www.atuk.co.uk/ Britain Express http://www.britainexpress.com/History/ Internet Tourism and accommodation guide to the UK http://www.travellers-world.info/ Alternative site for young people with information on more than 500 towns and cities in GB http://www.knowhere.co.uk/ You do not know what the weather is / will be like in Britain? Click here http://www.meto.gov.uk/
Scotland
http://www.taste-of-scotland.com/tourism.html – Very helpful information http://www.britainexpress.com/TIC/scotland.htm – Scottish tourist information (search by town) http://www.agtb.org/scotland-tourism-information.htm – Information on Aberdeen and Grampian http://www.rampantscotland.com/ - site with many useful Scotland-related topics http://www.touristnetuk.com/Sc/
Transportation and airports in Britain Public transportation
British Airways http://www.britishairways.com Virgin Atlantic http://www.virgin-atlantic.com Channel Tunnel http://www.eurotunnel.co.uk/ukcmain London transport http://www.londontransport.co.uk/tfl/ Heathrow Express http://www.heathrowexpress.com/ Gatwick Express http://www.gatwickexpress.co.uk/ Stansted Express http://www.stanstedexpress.co.uk/ National Express http://www.gobycoach.com/ The Automobile Association http://www.theaa.com/ The Royal Automobile Club http://www.rac.co.uk/ Green Line coach service http://www.greenline.co.uk
Airports
Heathrow Airport http://www.heathrowairport.com/ Gatwick Airport http://www.gatwickairport.com/ London Stansted http://www.stanstedairport.com/ London City Airport http://www.londoncityairport.com/ Manchester Airport http://www.manairport.co.uk/web.nsf Birmingham Airport http://www.bhx.co.uk/ Southampton Airport http://www.southamptonairport.com/ Liverpool John Lennon Airport http://www.liverpoolairport.com/index.php
Weather in Great Britain
Blame it on the weatherman - weather in Great Britain
BBC Weather http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/ Search weather by city or country http://universityoflife.com/weather.htm Yahoo UK weather http://uk.weather.yahoo.com/Europe/United_Kingdom/index.html Netscape weather UK http://www.netscape.co.uk/news/weather/default.htm UK Meteorological Office http://www.meto.gov.uk/ NTUA – Online weather report http://www.ntua.gr/weather/