Joan clarke 1917–96

I use a lot of images in my blogs, published articles and presentations. Some are photos of people. Many are diagrams, graphs or copies of documents from parish registers, books and articles or websit

One day late in 1939, a small article appeared in our daily newspaper. It was submitted by the government and was an appeal for British women to knit socks for men in the army, which was unable to obt

Discover the real story behind one of the ancient world’s most notorious emperors

The shared struggles of Hieronymous Bosch, Max Beckmann and William Kentridge

Wild goats perched on precarious crags that make up the impressive and imposing Valley of the Rocks on the northern edge of Exmoor National Park watch as their habitat becomes a film set for the day.

Well, not quite – but it’s true that about 80 per cent of our ocean floor remains unexplored and uncharted. Discovering what our ocean depths look like and what life might be found there is just as ch