Digital tigers and techno time travel

Charles Dickens Pictures from Italy 384pp. Oxford University Press. £176 (US $230). In November 1843, burnt out and living beyond his means, Charles Dickens resolved on a year-long sabbatical in Europ

Lizzie Wade Apocalypse How catastrophe transformed our world and can forge new futures 320pp. William Collins. £20. Luke Kemp Goliath’s Curse The history and future of societal collapse 592pp. Viking.

Discover how Biba earned its spot as the brand that epitomises 1960s and 1970s fashion, sparking a revolution in how people shopped. An exhibition looking at how fashion phenomenon Biba blossomed to b

London Royal Opera House

These quirky museums prove you can find a riveting story behind almost anything

Until recently, the tiny east Cornish village of St Ive (pronounced St Eve, and not to be confused with St Ives) had little to detain passersby – except perhaps, historians intrigued by its 14th-centu