Falling

Why is one of the great natural wonders of the world seldom mentioned on our bucket lists? (Or maybe that should be barrel list, given the number of foolhardy folk…

Nervous flyer?Then you've probably wondered whether turbulence can damage the structure of a plane, what that unnerving falling sensation is after take-off and why…

Research shows alcohol lowers oxygen and raises heart rate of travellers flyingEffect increases as more alcohol is consumed, especially for older…

Jonathan Portes analyses the latest immigration figures from the Home Office and Office for National Statistics, arguing that the government’s success in putting…

The walls around Ferrara were built to repel enemies. Now, though, the wars that kept medieval Italy busy are a distant memory, and those same walls feel more like the…