The first detective

The celebrity mystics who captivated Europe in the interwar years

Private investigators Emma Coles and Sam Hutchinson on surveillance, secret cameras, solving cases – and still being home in time for the school run

How The Pickwick Papers revolutionized Victorian publishing

Paris in springtime was the perfect setting for one of this year’s highest-grossing French auctions. The location was Hôtel Drouot in Quartier de l’Opéra, a hub of salerooms which are at the heart of

ROSE BRADY SOLVED 86 COLD CASES OF RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT WITH THE HELP OF A FORGOTTEN DNA ARCHIVE

Quaint relic or symbol of bad taste, garden gnomes have gone in and out of fashion. They are generally thought to have originated in Switzerland and Germany in the late 18th century. Then, in 1841, a