A fire which knocked out power to Heathrow Airport, the busiest airport in Europe, has raised questions about how well infrastructure is protected in the UK, whether from accidental damage…

Turner and Constable were two landscape artists of genius, born within a year of each other, whom art history has been keen to see as rivals. Though they had different…

Neptune may finally be showing its hand as Donald Trump’s miscalculations begin to undermine his bellicose platform. The Nobel Peace prize recedes into the distance as Netanyahu and Putin both…

You can choose courage, or you can choose comfort, but you cannot choose both—Brené Brown. When we take our first tentative steps back into life after the long winter of…

Paul Gauguin, the French artist renowned for his Tahitian paintings has had his image restored in a new book, based on recently discovered material. Condemned until recently as a French…

Grayson Perry, the transvestite potter, whose ceramic vases and tapestries have earned him acclaim and prizes has an extensive exhibition about to open in London. He is well known for…

Eternally optimistic, luck-bringing Jupiter is given a forensic makeover in Liz Greene’s latest book  – By Jove! The Meaning of the Astrological Jupiter.     She emphasizes Jupiter is a…

Electrical carmaker Tesla’s share price has dropped 40% since the start of the year, mainly due to a drop in sales over the past year though founder Elon Musk’s close…

   The magic mirror of Snow White has been obscured by a box-office denting series of missteps, plunging the children’s favourite into bumpy terrain with controversies over feminism, racism, dwarfism…

Rodrigo Duterte, former Philippines president, is now under arrest in the Hague by the International Criminal Court (ICC) charged over his indiscriminate killings without trial during his “war in drugs”…