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…
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Shells 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 astrolabe‘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 treeCountry diary: A secluded and quiet spot with a bloody history
It’s a temenos, a holy grove, surrounding Pilleth’s old and simple church. It lies along a track off the road between Knighton and Presteigne near…
View More Country diary: A secluded and quiet spot with a bloody historyNational Trust defends right to campaign on nature amid ‘pressure’ from lobby group
The National Trust has raised concerns about “political pressure” and defended its right to lobby on nature amid a renewed campaign by a self-styled “anti-woke”…
View More National Trust defends right to campaign on nature amid ‘pressure’ from lobby groupNational Trust reports record £179m annual spend on conservation
The National Trust spent a record £179.6m on the conservation of its historic buildings and collections in the last year in the face of significant…
View More National Trust reports record £179m annual spend on conservationHeritage council says underground zip wire would ruin Lake District ‘tranquility’
An international heritage body has condemned plans for an underground zip wire attraction in the Lake District as a “theme park” that imperils the area’s…
View More Heritage council says underground zip wire would ruin Lake District ‘tranquility’Death masks help recreate face of Bonnie Prince Charlie
The face of Bonnie Prince Charlie has been recreated using death masks that depict him as he would have looked during the Jacobite rising of…
View More Death masks help recreate face of Bonnie Prince Charlie‘Ancient’ vase repatriated from UK to Greece faces fresh forgery claim
Days after Greece announced the recovery of hundreds of antiquities from a disgraced British dealer, its ministry of culture faces the accusation that one of…
View More ‘Ancient’ vase repatriated from UK to Greece faces fresh forgery claim