The most ambitious history project of the year — the British Museum’s A History of the World in 100 Objects — is now a book. Boyd Tonkin talks to its creator and author and finds out that how the world looks depends on where you stand.
This is what queen-in-waiting Kate Middleton's wedding dress would look like if top Kiwi designers had their way.
Israeli David Grossman tells Helen Brown how writing helps him cope with grief.
Britain's Prime Minister has proposed celebrating Prince William and Kate Middleton's royal wedding with an extra public holiday.
The news of Prince William's engagement to Kate Middleton was particularly well received in an iconic small cafe on the Hauraki Plains.
England's good form of 2010, winning seven of 10 Tests, comes with a mixed report card.
A Glasgow man in his 60s has become the world's first person to receive injections of foetal stem cells.
As he finishes his near-decade stint as Harry Potter, Daniel Radcliffe talks about getting back to his life as a muggle.
Torrential rain and gale-force winds have battered the English county of Cornwall.
Those of us who were adults in July 1981 will never forget Charles and Diana's wedding. So how will Prince William and Kate Middleton's compare?
If Middleton follows tradition, she'll opt for a wedding band made from Welsh gold.
The announcement of Prince William's wedding adds another red letter day to a UK police diary already overflowing with costly events.
Five months after Irish No 8 Jamie Heaslip brazenly kneed the All Blacks captain in the back, McCaw barely recalls the incident ahead of presumably their next encounter
Prince William gave Kate Middleton Princess Diana's engagement ring because he didn't want her to miss out on his special day.
In a sign of the times, the British Monarchy made the most of social media to break the news of Prince William and Kate Middleton's engagement
A growing number of companies are buying so-called 'disgrace insurance' in case their brand ambassador turns into a persona non grata.
Simon Pegg had no plans to become a movie star. In fact he had no plans at all. So just how did the geek from Gloucester catch the eye of the world's best film-makers? It's all down to 'quantum attraction', discovers Tom Lamont.
The New Zealand men's and women's hockey teams' road to the 2012 London Olympics has been smoothened considerably.
Peter de Villiers is worried his entire squad may have taken a banned substance that has seen two players fail doping tests.
The many genes that influence body weight can interact in a complex and unpredictable way that sometimes defies scientific explanation.
Hong Kong to Herzogenaurach, Ali Williams has done the hard yards to keep his All Blacks rugby revival on track.
The world's most unashamedly indulgent and recession-unfriendly Christmas gift has arrived.
Getting to know London? Swap the Tube for a stroll along the Thames, says Kerri Jackson.
The fewer siblings children have, the happier they are, a survey has suggested.
Catch live action of the All Blacks' end of year tour match against Scotland at Murrayfield.
Prolific British television writer/director Stephen Poliakoff (The Lost Prince) is behind this sumptuous thriller set at the beginning of World War II.
Dita De Boni wonders whether a US charity model, which offers addicts cash to be sterilised, could work here.
From the Sharpe books to Arthurian sagas, the prolific output of Bernard Cornwell has topped best-seller lists around the world. The secret is in the plot, he tells Robert McCrum.