The power of thermite

An old-fashioned hardback book often still beats the internet, doesn’t it? When you can get hold of one. Right now, there’s one, in a package with my name on it, stuck somewhere between a second-hand

Amazing answers to your curious questions

Used in the construction of Florence’s Duomo and favoured by 19th-century architects and designers, Impruneta clay is as solid as rock, finds Arabella Youens

THIS YEAR MARKS THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEADLIEST TERRORIST ATROCITY IN THE UK SINCE LOCKERBIE – THE BLOODY 7 JULY BOMBINGS

Why we are no longer cooking with gas

Restoring tarnished metal to mirrored magnificence!