Had the Ottoman empire survived World War I and come to dominate western powers we would be living in a very different, far less tolerant world, suggests Andrew Melsom.

Jeremy Hutchinson is one of those people who changed the world they were born into. Dan Buckley on a sparkling career and a wonderful man still going strong at 100.

UK: Spider eggs discovered in a bunch of bananas have been found to belong to a harmless species — after initial fears that a killer spider was on the loose in Britain.

It’s possible to drop weight by simply restricting the hours you eat during the day. Peta Bee looks at the latest science behind dining to a timetable.

The publisher of an authorised best-seller about North Korean defector and human rights activist Shin Dong-hyuk has said it is anxious for an “accurate understanding” of the facts after he retracted substantial parts of his story.

The invention of printing meant we needed glasses and they led to changes we can hardly comprehend. Richard Fitzpatrick on history’s game changers.

Publishers Penguin have defended themselves after they were criticised for using a "sexualised" photograph of a young girl for the cover of a new edition of Roald Dahl’s Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.

Publishers Penguin have defended themselves after they were criticised for using a “sexualised” photograph of a young girl for the cover of a new edition of Roald Dahl’s Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.

Tributes have been paid to Adrian Mole author Sue Townsend who has died aged 68.

Former Smiths' frontman Morrissey has pulled plans to publish his autobiography after what he described as a "a last-minute content disagreement" with his publishers Penguin.

Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation

Forget about Hawaii or Florida, the buzzword among American retirees is Ireland, either Youghal, Co Cork, or Co Clare — either of which when it comes to affordable homes is hotter than anywhere Stateside.

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Ground Control: Fear and Happiness in the 21st Century City

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Paper Promises: Money Debt and the new World Order

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Virtual History: Alternatives and Counterfactuals, edited by Niall Ferguson. Penguin Books, £12.99.

The Case for Working with Your Hands (or Why Office Work is Bad for Us and Fixing Things Feels Good)

Review: Damien Enright

MICHAEL FOLEY has won the Boylesports Irish Sports Book of the Year Award for ‘Kings of September’, his account of the 1982 All-Ireland football final in which Offaly foiled Kerry’s bid for a historic five-in-a-row.

The London market tumbled into the red today as interest rate concerns returned to spook investors.

The memoirs of commentating legend Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh mark the culture and heritage of the GAA in an unequalled style, it was claimed today.