The annual Farne Islands puffin count returns – in pictures
National Trust rangers return for first time since the pandemic began to carry out a census of the birds off the Northumberland coast. Photographer Christopher...
Watch out for the Sharkcano! What happens when an underwater volcano erupts?
Name: Sharkcano. Age: The first recorded eruption of Kavachi, a submarine volcano, was in 1939, but it’s almost certainly been around longer than that. You’d...
What is monkeypox and should you be worried?
With monkeypox being detected in countries from the US to Australia and France to the UK, we take a look at the situation and whether...
Challenge Anneka’s lasting legacy in Leeds points way for show’s reboot
At Leeds Mencap, the positive legacy of Challenge Anneka still reverberates powerfully. Back in 1993 the TV programme helped turn a dilapidated, burnt-out school into...
Biden’s Taiwan vow creates confusion not clarity – and raises China tensions
The somewhat routine press conference in Tokyo was winding down when the question came. “Are you willing to get involved militarily to defend Taiwan if...
Share your pictures and memories of the Queen’s silver jubilee
Ahead of the Queen’s platinum jubilee in June, we would to hear about your memories of Elizabeth II’s silver jubilee in 1977. You can tell...
‘I didn’t want to make public my suffering’: Janine Mikosza on reinventing the trauma memoir
It’s a profoundly strange experience to interview Janine Mikosza immediately after reading her debut, Homesickness. The book is a meditation on the nature of memory,...
In capturing the changing face of Britain, playwrights explain us to ourselves | Michael Billington
Old myths die hard. One of the greatest in theatre is that the large-scale play that unites public issues and private lives is the special...
‘My adolescence in Hollywood is a running joke’ – Penn Badgley on teen crushes and terrifying low self-esteem
Even when he’s laid up in bed with Covid, Penn Badgley looks far too good for ordinary humans to relate to. “I’m pleading with people...
Toothaches and waiting lists: where did the NHS dentists go? – podcast
In January, retired teacher Claire Adams received a letter from her local NHS dental practice. It said she was no longer able to receive NHS...