For the last 30 years, fans of Herman Melville's 1851 novel have gathered for a live, 25-hour reading of the whole book.

With a 40-year legacy, the Rainbow Warrior is one of the most recognisable symbols of modern environmental activism. Bombed ...

A unique terraine and climate make Madeira a treat for all of the senses.

Subie faithful have longed for a powertrain that reflects their values, or at least doesn’t make a mockery of them. With the ...

The origins of whaling are highly debated. Now, some of the earliest signs of active whale hunting have appeared somewhere unexpected: southern Brazil.

Iceland is one of three countries that still permits commercial whaling. The activists headed to trial this week are calling ...

A powerful and technologically advanced warship recently completes first sea trial in the United ...

This Burns Night, Lotte Brundle offers you a brief history of the internationally celebrated chequered fabric.

Divers have unearthed the largest cog shipwreck ever discovered in a strait off Denmark, signalling a period of economic development in medieval Europe.

The U.S. has approved a possible $2.3B Foreign Military Sale to Singapore for up to four P-8A Poseidon aircraft and MK 54 ...

It has been a long time since books by Catherine Drinker Bowen (1897-1973) were on many bookshelves. Her “Yankee from Olympus” biography of Oliver Wendell Holmes the New York Times obituary called ...