Fancy that! facts to make you go“wow!”

With returning swifts screaming across the rooftop and golden buttercup pollen gilding his Wellingtons as he strides across the cow meadow, John Lewis-Stempel marvels at the many pleasures of May

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...by the news that Piers Morgan has just been voted the UK’s sexiest man(!), knocking Jeremy Clarkson off the top spot after the farmer’s two previous wins. In the Illicit Encounters annual poll of 2

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

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July sees non-stop wildlife action, says James Lowen