Longing for the past

The Allies were stunned when in 1941 Germany’s largest battleship sank the pride of the Royal Navy… but the hunter quickly became the hunted

From prison palace to royal treasury: uncover the surprising history of England’s iconic stronghold

Something not apparent in The Lion King was Pumba the warthog’s most remarkable magic trick: the ability to disappear. Surprise a warthog in the African wild and it’ll take off like a Formula One driv

HIDDEN DOOR 10-11 May Edinburgh £31 per day This pop-up arts festival in the Scottish capital is celebrating its 10th birthday with two nights of partying in an underground car park. Driving an ambiti

One long-anticipated cryptozoology-themed movie that I finally caught up with during lockdown was The Dark (aka The Relic aka The God Rat), originally released in Italy in 1993. Directed by Craig Pryc

Twenty-five TLS writers share their summer reading