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October 01, 2019Exhibitions and Events Arlene Gottfried: After Dark at Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York: until October 26, 2019In the 1980s, New York photographer Arlene Gottfried took to the citys underground nightclubs and drug dens with her camera, docume…

Englands  pine marten population is set to double overnight as the mammal, almost extinct in the country, is reintroduced. There are thought to be just 20 pine martens left in the country after they were hunted and their woodland habitats were destroyed. No…

For thirty-two years, Thomas Joshua Cooper has been working on a project that he calls The Atlas of Emptiness and Extremity, a collection of some seven hundred black-and-white photographs that he makes from remote, forbidding, largely unpeopled, all-but-forgo…

When I was 22 I was in love with a man who had a framed photograph of Patrick White hanging above his bed. I had grown up with my fathers used copies of Whites novels, and had studied some of those books in university, but it was not until I…

Since the birth of the political party, in 17th-century England, perhaps none has been quite as unsuccessful in its constitutional struggle as the Tories. Time and again, this most English of interest groups has been on the wrong side of history, advocating f…

With last week’s big-screen release—and box office-topping success—of the Downton Abbey film, fans once again had the chance to step into the world of the Crowley family, with its elegant spaces, sumptuous meals, classic country house activities, and attentiv…

Citation: Jarman R, Mattioni C, Russell K, Chambers FM, Bartlett D, Martin MA, et al. (2019) DNA analysis of Castanea sativa (sweet chestnut) in Britain and Ireland: Elucidating European origins and genepool diversity. PLoS ONE 14(9): e0222936. https://doi…

Three distinct scents reference various Scotch-producing regions in the country Anyone who has visited Scotland’s Highlands, the Isle of Skye, or Islay, understands the importance of olfactive memories. Each stunning landscape or stiff, salty breeze receives …

DUBLIN, Sept. 24, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Marine Seats Market - Global Forecast to 2025" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The marine seat market size is expected to grow from USD 1.9 billion in 2019 to USD 2.5 billion by 2025, a…

Suzann Pettersen is now linked with Syd Easterbrook, an English golfer and little more than a footnote in Ryder Cup history. At the core of what made the Solheim Cup so special was it being decided by the final shot of the tournament at Gleneagles on Sept. 1…