Column / Investigation: The Upside Down

John Mitchinson reveals how some bipedal dinosaurs never died out

John Mitchinson explains why Tolkien’s ‘The Lord of the Rings’ is the wrong role model for Big Tech

Why we need to re-think our relationship with our finned friends

Any attempt to calculate the specific gravity of America at 250 should take time out to reflect on the life and legacy of Benjamin Franklin.

Most of us know that animals such as ibis, jackals, and crocodiles were venerated by the Ancient Egyptians as avatars for their deities. But the pre-eminence of Heqet, the frog-headed bringer of life, comes as a surprise.

On why I love flamenco (and why you should too)

One of the things that grates about the obsessive media opinionising over artificial intelligence is the general lack of knowledge about our own actual human intelligence.

In contemplating the mysteries of light, modern science and mysticism share some interesting convergences.

The turbulent sex-fuelled origin story of the Shaker aesthetic

The moon loomed large in my Christmas, hanging above the frozen fields like a luminous icy disc.