
The transatlantic race to create the television
Number 1519 Connecticut Avenue lies just north of Dupont Circle, just over a 20-minute walk from the White House in Washington DC. In 1921, the inventor Charles Francis Jenkins set up his laboratory and offices there,...

Air India crash: what do we know about the Boeing 787 Dreamliner involved? Expert Q&A
An Air India plane bound for London Gatwick airport crashed shortly after take-off on 12 January in Ahmedabad, western India. Flight AI171 was carrying 242 people, including 169 Indian nationals, 53 Britons, seven...

Endometriosis: difficult childhood linked with greater likelihood of being diagnosed – new research
Around one in ten women worldwide have endometriosis. This common condition causes tissue similar to the lining of the uterus to grow in other parts of the body. This can result in painful periods, chronic pain and even...

Remembering Frederick Forsyth: my encounters with the spy who stayed out in the cold
One of the great British purveyors of the spy and cold-war genres, Frederick Forsyth, who has died at the age of 86, was best known for his novels The Day of the Jackal (1971), The Odessa File (1972) and The Dogs of War...

After Russias full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, a lot of Ukrainians who would normally have used Russian as their first language started instead to speak only in Ukrainian. It was part of a cultural shift,...

Wales is overhauling its democracy – here’s what’s changing
Next Mays Senedd (Welsh parliament) election wont just be another trip to the polls. It will mark a major change in how Welsh democracy works. The number of elected members is increasing from 60 to 96, and the voting...

Tornado: this samurai-western immigrant revenge tale tries to be many things – but runs out of ammo
Tornado is many things: a British period drama, a western, a samurai film, a coming-of-age story and an origin story. Set in the windswept moorland of Britain in 1790, the film offers a lawless backdrop fit for a western,...