Expert finds SA painting valued at £1m in London kitchen
An art expert discovered the Irma Stern painting, once sold to help fund Nelson Mandela’s legal defence, being used as a noticeboard in a London flat.
Game of Thrones author gives fans the finger
Fans of George RR Martin’s books want to know if he’ll live long enough to give them an end to the series, a question he finds pretty offensive.
Exploding supernovas of passion: the bad sex awards
Mathematics professor scoops bad sex award with "quirky" and "wildly experimental" scenes of lust.
Channel your road rage: be a traffic spy
It’s quite easy to become a traffic impimpi. Charles Leonard tells you how you can become one.
Freud’s sofa not so good
The Freud Museum in London has launched an appeal on the 157th anniversary of his birth for funds to reupholster the famous couch.
Silk cape out of spider’s web
It has taken eight years and more than one million Madagascar golden orb spiders to create a work of art.
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‘Tough’ Giffords back at scene of shooting
The survivor of a shooting, US Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords returns to the scene of the crime a year after 19 people were gunned down in Arizona.
Making a wordy living
Kelly, a local government finance adviser becomes Britain’s national Scrabble champion.
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Host of Christmas past
In true Dickensian style, a magnificent gift has arrived at the doorstep of Charles Dickens’s only surviving London home.
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Bone to pick with sensitive museums
Museums are increasingly getting cold feet about exhibiting human bodies and body parts, despite surveys showing great public interest.
