FOR a couple of hairy bikers, there could be no greater road trip than Route 66. Yet amazingly, TV chefs Dave Myers and Si King had never before travelled America’s coast-to-coast highway.
DetailsFAMOUS English poet John Milton weaved a treasure trove of secrets into his 17th Century epic Paradise Lost – so many in fact that new ones are still being found today. A hidden message about the devil has been uncovered by scholars among the ten thousand lines of verse penned by the London-born wordsmith in…
DetailsIF you swim around Aphrodite’s Rock three times, legend has it you will be blessed with eternal youth and beauty. Having just turned 40, I figured it was worth a try. The foaming waters around the sea stack near Paphos in Cyprus are said to be the birthplace of the Greek goddess of youth and…
DetailsA MYSTERY object from deep space heading towards our solar system has been pictured for the first time. Astronomers first spotted the extrasolar comet around two weeks ago, but the scientific world is baffled about its nature and origins.
DetailsSUMMER is over and autumn has arrived, so it's time to swap the beaches for a break in the countryside. We checked out what's on offer in The Cotswolds, Norfolk and Lincolnshire – to find the perfect rural retreat to leave the city behind for a weekend. The Cotswolds Deputy Chief Sub-Editor Stacey Halls, friend…
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