THERE are not wanting signs that the study of botany is steadily increasing in this country. An immense number of text-books or manuals have been published in English during the last thirty years ...

A broad high pressure ridge extends along the coast from a high in the southern Tasman Sea. Then, a trough will move across much of the coast on Wednesday as a gusty southerly change, reaching Sydney ...

The playwright Bertolt Brecht was born in 1898 in the German town of Augsburg. After serving as a medical orderly in the First World War and appalled by the effects of the war, he went first to ...

Lois Borny works on the product review section of The Independent, IndyBest, where she helps readers to save money and shop savvy, scouting out the very best deals and sharing her tried and tested ...

Hear the latest interviews with managers and teams in Essex. Ben looks at a slipper swap initiative from NHS Mid and South Essex.