Name dropper

Our round-up of the funny, fascinating and unusual stories this fortnight

Forenames are a funny business. As a parent, I remember countless days worrying about what my children were going to be called. Should we honour family members or family traditions? Should we be influ

They may not match Keats or Heaney for poetic heft, but you’re a hell of a lot more likely to recognise Oasis’s lyrics than anything written by more celebrated wordsmiths. The words penned by the brot

Remember how different childhood used to be? Kids toda y don’t know they’re born!

Our fave characters have survived the duff duffs and cliffhangers of soapland…

Most of us care more than we realise about trees. I believe the outpouring of grief for the Sycamore Gap tree has shown this. Its mindless felling was just the most high-profile of many recent cases i