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A cultural institution
Mixing music with drama and the ancient with the cutting-edge, the BBC's Third Programme set out to scale the shining peaks of "high culture". But, says DAVID HENDY, its lofty aims alienated as much as they allured
A congregation of voices
SARAH FOOT enjoys a new history of the Church of England, a book that finds space for the reflections of ordinary parishioners as well charting the deeds of the great and the good
All at sea
Maritime
EILEEN COLLINS: “IT WAS A DIFFICULT MISSION… WE WERE THE FIRST TO SEE MIR”
Having served as both the first female pilot and first female commander of NASA’s Space Shuttle, Eileen Collins boosted the involvement of women in space exploration to a whole new level
EUROPE'S MARS ROVER IS NOW UNLIKELY TO LAUNCH BEFORE 2026 AFTER RUSSIA'S WAR ON UKRAINE
Europe's beleaguered ExoMars rover is unlikely to launch before 2026 as the European Space Agency (ESA) ponders a path forward for the mission, including finding a new rocket, replacing Russian-built parts in cooperation with NASA or restarting its partnership with Russia in case the country's war in Ukraine ends soon.
WHERE HAVE THESE GIANT FILAMENTS COME FROM?
Mysterious magnetic filaments have been found at the heart of the Milky Way, but astronomers are still trying to discover their origin
25 UNBELIEVABLE FACTS ABOUT THE SOLAR SYSTEM
WHY OUR NEIGHBOURHOOD COULD BE THE STRANGEST PLACE IN THE COSMOS
VIRGIN ORBIT TARGETS SUMMER FOR ITS FIRST ORBITAL LAUNCH
The California-based company has three straight successful orbital missions under its belt
WELCOME TO THE STELLAR AFTERLIFE
They’re hot, they’re small and technically they’re dead. Meet the stellar remnants that have a multimillion-year-long tale to tell
BLACK HOLE BILLIARDS
Around these behemoths, smaller black holes weirdly collide
PLANET PROFILE VENUS
Earth’s sister planet is a harsh, deadly world, making it an interesting one to observe
CANON EOS 6D MARK II
Is this the perfect companion for enthusiast photographers looking to make their first break into the full-frame world?
12 ASTRONOMY TUTORIALS TO MASTER
For the very best views of the night sky
Feather beds, cockfights and midnight flights to the moon
From seeing feathers as omens of death to saving soldiers with homing pigeons, our interactions with birds have always been contradictory. Roy and Lesley Adkins select five chapters from avian history to illuminate this complex relationship
Gods among men
JANE DRAYCOTT applauds an ambitious journey through the global history of emperors, from the most ancient civilisations to the 20th-century demise of world-spanning realms
EMPIRE OF THE GREATS
Not even a 2,000-year smear campaign, instigated by the Greeks, can obscure the staggering achievements of the ancient Persians. Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones tells the story of the Iranian dynasty that forged the greatest empire the world had ever known
Jesse Owens 1913-80
He was a bit of a showman and even raced against horses for money. When asked why, he said: You can't eat four gold medals'
Spinning stories
HELEN CARR assesses a magisterial overview of how people have represented the past, from medieval propaganda to historical fiction
The family behind the Tudors
The name Tudor has reverberated down the centuries, but another family lurked in the background, helping the dynasty to greatness - and sometimes seeking to tear it down. Joanne Paul chronicles the meteoric rise and deadly fall of the Dudleys
Voyage into the unknown
MARGARET SMALL commends a new biography of Ferdinand Magellan that looks beyond the Portuguese explorer's globe-circling achievements to reveal the man behind the myth
Victoria Drummond Engineering trailblazer
A century ago, the barriers facing any woman longing for a career in marine engineering seemed almost insurmountable - but not quite. JO STANLEY introduces a woman who had the talent, bravery and determination to make her mark in the male-dominated maritime world
This will be seen as a hybrid war, in which a key weapon is the deliberate misreading of history
In February, following months of escalating tensions, Russia invaded Ukraine. Are parallels with the past useful in making sense of the war, or is history being used for more sinister ends? Four experts have their say
A Cruel Renaissance
“Wicked, an abomination, and against all humanity.” These words, uttered in 1416, shine a light on a dark truth: that slavery thrived in Renaissance Europe. Hannah Skoda tells the stories of people living in bondage in a period when ideals of liberty and the nobility of human nature didn't apply to all
Black Communities Have Had to Pay for the Failures of Emancipation
Kris Manjapra speaks to Ellie Cawthorne about his new book, which explores how emancipations of enslaved people have left troubled legacies that still endure today
The Determined Will
Stephen Brewer’s couple are determined to argue about free will.
Diogenes the Cynic (c.404-323 BC)
Martin Jenkins recalls what we know for sure about the philosopher in the barrel.
Paradox Lost
Paul Tissier argues that Russell’s Paradox isn’t really a paradox.
The Goodness of Existence
Jarlath Cox says whether life brings pleasure or pain, the value of being born is the ability to experience at all.
The Lottery' & Locke's Politics
John P. Irish considers through an infamous lottery.
VERY LARGE TELESCOPE FINDS NEW SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE
Scientists spotted the supermassive black hole hiding inside thick cosmic dust