Our first Florida story

A story about the oldest and most elusive MP in Germany

Sweden's broadcaster SVT2 and Netflix vie for a spot in the caption competition hall of fame

Where the Spirit of Competition met the Spirit of Ale

When the European teams gave the Brazilian squad a lift on their steam ship

Recursive lakes and other lake-related oddities

2022 - the summer of three British Prime Ministers

Nightmarish rabbits and knights on chicken - medieval marginalia is wonderful and bizarre

The pitfalls of selling art in the high-stakes auctions for world-famous art

A fossil reconstruction reminding us that the path to Enlightenment was not always straight

How to avoid telling an ageing dictator that he is no longer in power

For 300 years, the Sacred Cod has watched over the Massachusetts State House

A penguin finds himself as commanding officer of the Norwegian Royal Guards

The cat that survived the sinking of three warships and retired in the British public service

How the Raving Loony Society and Screaming Lord Sutch kickstarted the proliferation of joke political candidates in the UK

The exploits of the Cambridge University Raving Loony Society

Stephen Hawking hosted a party for time travelers and nobody came

Belgium is setting records for time spent without a central government - and nobody minds

Going back to the good old times - Sunday, April 11th 1954

The 1950s - a time when Uranium was considered a character-building gift for children