So that's what's at the end of the rainbow! These are the stunning pictures that show light streaming into a deep cave - while abselillers lower thems...

Think you can spot the difference between an object - let's say, a ripped up playing card - and a hand drawn replica of it? Should be easy, no? Wel...

It's been a mixed paralympics for South African running star Oscar Pistorius. He entered the games as one of its most recognised and revered figure...

Despite wide-spread unemployment and a crippled economy, the Spanish - like the British - are still taking time out for party or two. Last week saw...

Best-selling authors including Ian Rankin, Val McDermid and Lee Child have condemned "fraudulent" writers caught praising their own work on Amazon. ...

Dressage rider Natasha Baker will be honoured with a special stamp to mark her second win in the Paralympic Games. Paralympic swimming sensation El...

New York City is filled with commuters, so on any given day discarded MetroCards - the people's ticket for public transportation - litter the subway a...

Writers always get asked the same questions: where do you get your ideas from? How do you find inspiration? LOOK JUST HOW THE HELL DO YOU WRITE ...

TV executive Sir Peter Bazalgette, the man behind hits such as Big Brother and Deal Or No Deal, has been appointed chairman of the Arts Council Englan...

The redevelopment of Battersea Power Station, one of the best-known sights on the London skyline, will begin later this year, its new owners said toda...

David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust jumpsuit and his hand-written lyrics are set to be the highlights of a V&A show dedicated to the singer "who helped chang...

These are the amazing pictures of painted models' bodies blending in with nature and landscapes around them. The bodies are painted so that they a...

A copy of Frankenstein that belonged to Lord Bryon and features an inscription by Mary Shelley has been discovered in a family library - and is expect...

Damien Hirst's plan to decorate a small seaside town with a 65ft-high statue of a naked pregnant woman has gone one step closer to becoming a reality...

Well-executed 3D street art always raises a smile, and this new piece from an exhibition centre in China is no different. Covering more than ...

Today's children are reading less than seven years ago as their time is taken up with other activities, research suggests. It is not just novels th...

It's the biggest selling UK book of all time. It's inspired a host of parodies, and even more column inches. In fact, some might say the 50 Shades Of ...

One of 007's trademark Aston Martin sports cars is the star of a sale marking 50 years since James Bond burst onto the cinema screen. The auction o...

New light is being shed on a star painting in Tate Britain's new pre-Raphaelite exhibition after phallic symbols were apparently discovered in the wor...

The shortlist for the Man Booker Prize 2012 has been announced. The six novels in with a chance of winning this year's prize are: Tan Twan Eng - The G...

Face it: it's over. Euro 2012 is a distant memory, the Olympic bunting is being pulled down as we speak and the wind is already whipping our ankles...

As her new solo play Brand New Ancients gets underway at the BAC, we speak to Kate Tempest, Britain's leading young poet, playwright and rapper about ...

The Royal Mint has unveiled plans to design a new fifty pence coin to celebrate composer Benjamin Britten's centenary. The coin, which comes into c...

It's one thing not being able to paint like Picasso, Monet or Matisse. It's quite another to admit your brush skills aren't up to that of elephant. ...

Nothing feels quite so bittersweet as remembering what it felt like to read as a child, when you'd nestle in somewhere safe and let your imagination u...