Strange continent

FT has covered these a number of times, with one of the earliest and most disastrous examples taking place in Hammersmith in 1804 (see FT296:42-45, 310:30-35, 452:16-18). Then a semi-rural village on

Every June, across France, there is a huge street festival, the Fête de la Musique, where towns and cities stage free concerts, parades and dancing, with millions of people taking part. This year, tho

Whooshing trees, clattering fish, fizzing reed piles: at the National Trust’s Wicken Fen Nature Reserve, a new trail conceived by audio-visual sculptor Kathy Hinde gives voice to the life that hides under or around the surface of ponds and ditches

My father died in the first week of January this year, 2025. We both shared a love of Fortean Times for over 30 years, and he had once been published in your letters page. I would like to recount an o

What the scientists are saying… The oldest ...

Icy blasts from the north have inspired French artists, writers and scientists