Britain
Watch the election of a new Speaker of the House of Commons and something rather odd happens. After MPs vote, the successful candidate does…
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People
Marco Polo had a credibility problem that feels surprisingly modern. He returned to Venice with stories so extravagant that sensible people struggled to take…
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Culture
For most of photography’s history, progress had a fairly obvious direction. Cameras became sharper. Film became finer. Lenses became cleaner. Autofocus became faster. Exposure…
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Nature
Madagascar has never shown much interest in producing ordinary wildlife. It gave the world lemurs that dance sideways, primates with skeletal fingers, carnivores resembling…
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Health
Melatonin did not begin life as a lifestyle accessory. It began as a hormone, first isolated in 1958 by dermatologist Aaron B. Lerner at…
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Nature
A lemur can look like a monkey, move like a cat, stare like an insomniac and scream like something being murdered behind a hotel…
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History
Horatio Nelson has spent more than two centuries standing above Trafalgar Square, watching London traffic perform manoeuvres that would have horrified even the most…
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Britain
Westminster Abbey looks as though someone tried to turn the whole of British history into a Gothic building. Then, apparently, they forgot when to…
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Health
In July 2026, an Airbus A350 completed a remarkable test flight from Melbourne to Toulouse. It remained airborne for 24 hours and 24 minutes…
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Health
You’re sat at your desk at 8:30 in the morning, three coffees deep, and you’re still not firing on all cylinders. Meanwhile, your colleague…
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