Tales from the arena

Rupert Sheldrake’s name is probably familiar to readers of Fortean Times. The now 81-year-old academic studied biology and biochemistry at Cambridge and philosophy of science at Harvard and has worked

“I’m one of those wacky wild swimmers,” he says. “Rain or shine, summer or winter, regardless of what country I’m in, I try and find someplace.” To justify the appeal, he draws on nature writer Roger

A pride of lions silently patrolling the grassland at dusk; a cheetah closing in on its prey with mind-blowing speed; a watchful leopard curled artfully in a tree. There’s nothing quite like a big cat

For nine days the heroic 1st Airborne fought desperately, waiting vainly for relief that never came

Four conflicting perspectives on the conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians

Were the seeds of Civil War already written into the American Constitution?