Hundred-and-fifty-year-old Wych elm in Newcastle, Co Down has grown sideways owing to strong winds

At 14, he heard Stravinsky and resolved to be a composer. As Reich approaches his 10th decade, the man revered by the likes of David Bowie reflects on a life that changed the soundtrack of modern livi...

Eco-moorings restore seagrass in just five years, boosting sealife such as seahorses, eels and crabs

Ray Exworth spent his life filling Cornish sheds with breathtaking sculptures – but wouldn’t let anyone in to view them. Now, after his death, his secret body of work has been revealed

Her fabric designs jazzed up the London Underground and though Queen Elizabeth II rejected her idea for a stamp, her work made a permanent cultural imprint, as a new exhibition reveals

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When the artist came home from LA, it seemed like a retirement. But it heralded an astonishing new chapter. Our critic remembers their thrilling dinners together – and the dazzling new works that arri...

Artists and cultural figures celebrate the great Yorkshire painter who could ‘make teabags and toothpaste glamorous’ – with a poem from a fellow Yorkshireman

Bradford painter whose sun-kissed visions of California broke world records at auction has died

Scientific dating proves streaks on walls of Bacon Hole, near the Mumbles in south Wales, is Palaeolithic rock art

His recent concerts are a thunderous call to fight for democracy. The nation could use more like him

Public control is not public ownership. Andy Burnham must clarify that he backs public ownership of life's essentials.

Ministers will be forced to respond to the proposals for a new 'Media Sovereignty Act' after campaigners passed a key threshold

Pass law to ban foreign & offshore ownership of UK media, enact a social-media levy to distribute media ownership across society & fund independent, local & cooperative-owned media. We believe democra...

Flashy, adventurous or fantastically freaky. Britain has 60 native butterflies, each with their own story. Explore what makes them unique.

Millions of documents chronicling generations of trauma saved from Gaza and East Jerusalem in 10-month Unrwa operation

Grown-ups who dismiss literature for kids aren’t just snobbish—they’re missing out.

At the city’s Great Exhibition of 1904, 57 Somali men, women and children cooked, weaved and danced for visitors

Is this the ultimate location for contemplative art? Our writer travels to the legendary island of Naoshima – and meets the great creator of its most spellbinding works. Will he step through the arch ...

We’ve had Henry David Thoreau the environmentalist, the libertarian, the life coach. To understand his influence, think of him first as a dissident.

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Why do Herzog’s films feel religious, even without God?

Head of UN’s humanitarian agency frustrated that $2bn weekly cost of conflict comes amid big cuts to aid budgets

I spent 10 months working at the institution because I thought I could help protect it. What I observed there is far worse than the public knows.

Archaeological record suggests hunter gatherers were playing games of chance at the end of the last ice age

University’s botanic garden will use study materials created by John Stevens Henslow, the naturalist’s mentor, 200 years ago

It started with an obscure railway postbox that had been thrown in a skip – now my museum has pieces from Scotland, Ireland and Hong Kong

Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.

The great sculptor worked as a war artist in the 1940s, sketching people sheltering from bombings. Now his powerful underground drawings are opening the vast, renovated sheep barn gallery at his Arcad...

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Bradford Bulls marked the return of Betfred Super League to Odsal last night after over 11 years away with a superb 28-10 win against Catalans…

The long read: Scientists and philosophers studying the mind have discovered how little we know about our inner experiences

from the album Songs From the Solent

While trade unionism had long been dominated by the voices and experiences of men, an 1875 strike in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire was different.

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Open comment thread on the PM's Davos speech

Exclusive: Collection includes workbooks and index cards, and papers that show his research for bestseller Akenfield

Charity plans to make stately homes more welcoming by inviting visitors to use furniture and reading rooms

Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.

A Bradford site has been named as one of the “seven wonders of the world” for 2026 by a global travel magazine.

Bronze instrument or carnyx dug up in Norfolk in area inhabited by Celtic tribe led by warrior who fought Romans

Trump's plans for Greenland, the Panama Canal, Canada and Mexico aren't just idle talk. A senior US insider tells us what to expect