Donal O’Keeffe visits the major Turkish city that straddles Europe and Asia across the Bosphorus Strait and is fascinated by its magical blend of museums, markets, history and restaurants.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, of lightening conductor fame, was the first person to suggest that the clocks should be put forward in summer; his essay, ‘An Economical Project’, appeared in 1784 when the great man was living in Paris as an American delegate.

THOSE iodine tablets sent to every household some time back were never meant to protect us from nuclear meltdown, but they could have captured the thermal traces of our DNA for posterity.

The head of the Irish Air Corps made a dawn flight today to mark the 75th anniversary of the first east-west crossing of the Atlantic by air.

The 75th anniversary of the first east-west crossing of the Atlantic by air will be marked this weekend by a repeat flight in a modern-day propeller aircraft.