Watch: The schoolgirl who has devoured 942 books in one year tells us why she ...
A schoolgirl has proved she is a true bookworm after reading an incredible 942 books in just one year. Faith Jackson, 10, has devoured everything from Enid Blyton and Roald Dahl classics to newer favourites like the Harry Potter series, and everything ...
One Summer's Day: Make it a date for our photo competition
Attached is a photograph taken at Titanic Quarter on Saturday 29 June 2013. I wanted to Mellow evening light on the river Bann, after a very dull day. That's Irish . I am attaching two photos taken last Saturday of the interior of the two ...
10 endangered state parks
As for California: As of press time, 65 of the 70 endangered parks had been temporarily spared-including Mono Lake-thanks to help from the communities that depend on them. They've cobbled together private donations, volunteer staffing, and funding by ...
For Old-School Art Pickers, the Thrill is Fading, and So's the Payoff
Michael Robertson, who did most of his own picking for the antique shops he once owned in Phoenix and San Diego, recalls having to get up at 4 in the morning to stand in line at better estate sales, which Robertson calls "a kind of an indoor yard sale ...
World in Pictures: striking photographs from around the globe
After several weeks of calm, violence has again flared between police and anti-government protesters, who are calling for the ouster of President Viktor Yanukovych over corruption and an abandoned trade agreement with the European Union. (Photo by ...
Ohio offers personal look at largest region of working Amish
In homage to its heritage, the store also has a nice selection of cuckoo clocks. People who make their home in Western Pennsylvania might think the center of Amish life revolves around Lancaster County, which is home to America's oldest Amish ...
48 hours In: Tel Aviv
Today, Jaffa has been absorbed and gentrified, a shadow of its former biblical self, now sanitised as a touristy artists' quarter — while its modern neighbour has become one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the Middle East. Key areas are, in the ...