They are known as one of archaeology’s great enigmas – hollow 12-sided objects from the Roman era with no known purpose or use. Only 33…
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Thousands ‘fuming’ after tickets cancelled for Co-op Live arena show in Manchester
Thousands of people due to attend the first event at the UK’s biggest indoor arena had their tickets cancelled at the last minute on Saturday.…
View More Thousands ‘fuming’ after tickets cancelled for Co-op Live arena show in ManchesterChris Packham joins environmental activists in mock funeral procession
The BBC nature presenter Chris Packham has joined hundreds of environmental activists in a mock funeral procession for nature to spotlight biodiversity loss in the…
View More Chris Packham joins environmental activists in mock funeral processionFox bones at ancient burial site suggest animal may have been kept as pet
The remains of a fox unearthed at a human burial site in Argentina dating back 1,500 years has raised the possibility the animal may have…
View More Fox bones at ancient burial site suggest animal may have been kept as petShells from Captain Cook’s final voyage saved from skip
An internationally important collection of shells, including specimens from Captain Cook’s final voyage, has been rediscovered 40 years after it was thought to have been…
View More Shells from Captain Cook’s final voyage saved from skip‘Extraordinary’: Islamic and Jewish science merge in 11th-century astrolabe
Almost exactly a year ago, Federica Gigante was preparing a lecture and searching the internet for a portrait of the 17th-century Italian nobleman and collector…
View More ‘Extraordinary’: Islamic and Jewish science merge in 11th-century astrolabeNo 10 berates Chris Packham for ‘irresponsible’ Just Stop Oil comments
Downing Street has accused the BBC presenter Chris Packham of being “irresponsible” after he said Just Stop Oil had a right to protest outside the…
View More No 10 berates Chris Packham for ‘irresponsible’ Just Stop Oil comments‘She moved me’: the UK dancers inspired by India’s 112-year-old environmentalist
When she was a teenage girl, Saalumarada Thimmakka planted her first banyan tree just outside the remote Indian village of Hulikal, in the southwestern state…
View More ‘She moved me’: the UK dancers inspired by India’s 112-year-old environmentalist‘It’s like a family bereavement’: Devon village mourns loss of beloved oak tree
Since the 15th century, perhaps even longer, Broad Oak has been part of the Silverton landscape. Residents of the Devon village, one of the oldest…
View More ‘It’s like a family bereavement’: Devon village mourns loss of beloved oak treeGeldof and Colman urge Home Office to reconsider climate activist’s deportation
Leading actors and musicians including Bob Geldof, Olivia Colman and Emma Thompson are calling on the Home Office to reconsider the “harsh deportation” of a…
View More Geldof and Colman urge Home Office to reconsider climate activist’s deportation