Clay Feats and Wood-firing

Studio ceramics has been practiced in Pakistan for the last several decades, when graduates from the National College of Arts (NCA), Lahore started to experiment and show their creativity in clay. Some prominent...

Protesters held on whaling ship

High drama on the high seas continues: "Japanese whalers are holding two anti-whaling activists who leapt aboard a Japanese ship near Antarctica. The Japanese fleet is being followed by environmental campaigners,...

Student dig unearths ancient gum

"A 5,000-year-old piece of chewing gum has been discovered by an archaeology student from the University of Derby. Sarah Pickin, 23, found the lump of birch bark tar while on a dig in western Finland. Neolithic...

Open Garden Squares a Great Escape

Open Squares weekend is a chance for the public to view the impressive garden squares, normally kept locked to the public. One category-B square in particular is never open... "At HMP Wandsworth, the largest...

Think twice before using hotel room coffee pots

Ask just about anyone in law enforcement, and they'll tell you to be careful if you ever brew coffee in a hotel room...

Women In The Habit Of Low Fat Diet Lose Chance Of Pregnancy

"Women who keep to a low-fat diet when trying to conceive could be dramatically cutting their chances of pregnancy, according to a study. Drinking a pint of semi-skimmed or skimmed milk or eating two pots of yoghurt a day almost doubles the risk of an increasingly common...

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