Is it Elvis? Is it Queen Elizabeth II? Is it Gary Lineker? No, it's an eight-year-old girl called Carole and a terrifying ...

Plum Sykes’s semi-fictional 'Wives Like Us' — the author's sort of satirical take on life in the Cotswolds — reads like a death knell to normalcy, but there are quiet pockets, free from private ...

Cuts to our cultural institutions will only save a minimal amount of money, but could do a significant amount of harm.

Three of the top 10 operas performed worldwide are by the emotionally volatile Italian composer Giacomo Puccini, who died a ...

Forcing people back to the office reeks of management insecurity, and tracking them on their computers is Orwellian. What ...

Historic jewellery firm Hancocks, now in its new St James’s home, specialises in old-cut diamonds pieces that gleam and turn ...

These round songbirds have inspired not only some of our best poets, but have also sewn the seeds of the countryside around us. It has been suggested that humans are hardwired to respond positively to ...

The flamboyant flowers of pelargoniums, such as ‘Appleblossom Rosebud’, will light up the garden throughout the summer.

Results from the most recent Big Butterfly Count show an ecosystem in serious decline, according to nature charity Butterfly Conservation.

Athena: Sacrificing the Arts for 'self-imposed' fiscal rules? Cuts to our cultural institutions will only save a minimal amount of money, but could do a significant amount of harm. A sportsman's ...

Jousting in castles? Falconry demonstrations? That's all fine, says Athena, as long as people don't forget about the real ...

Labour’s draft plans for a new planning policy contain subtle, but devastating amendments that bear closer inspection.