STANDING in the forest at 11 p.m. on a Scottish island, I feel like I’ve gone through the looking glass. The grass is purple, the trees look like they’re sheeted in aluminium, the leaves are red and t

While the natural world is bursting with colour, some hues are much rarer than others. This is because of a combination of two factors: evolution and physics. Evolution selects colours that help anima

From strange lights in the sky to rocks that spontaneously glide across the ground, the mysteries scientists are trying to finally crack

The sixtieth anniversary ‘heritage’ edition of Ariel

The Story of Tudor Art: A History of Tudor ...

Edward VII swept away the cobwebs of mid-Victorian style, Queen Mary had passion for all things small and the Queen Mother bought rather avant-garde art. In a forthcoming talk, Tim Knox, director of the Royal Collection, charts a century of regal taste