Warning over risky electric blankets sold online
Illegal electric blankets are being sold online which could cause electric shocks, a consumer group warns. Which? found some of the products being sold...
Quarter of global population used site daily in December
The number of people using Facebook daily grew to an average of two billion in December – about a quarter of the world’s population....
The images that reveal male fears
Three new exhibitions explore how the femme fatale in art reflects evolving anxieties writes Cath Pound. The figure of the femme fatale is one...
Shell reports the highest profits in 115 years
Profits hit $39.9bn (£32.2bn) in 2022, double last year’s total and the highest in its 115-year history. Energy firms have seen record earnings since...
The gigantic luxury hotel in the middle of nowhere
Nothing much lies on Qatar’s border with Saudi Arabia. A few sunbaked outposts and miles and miles of vast, empty desert in all directions. ...
The song that changed the US
With Happy Birthday, Stevie Wonder successfully campaigned to honor Martin Luther King Jr with a national holiday, in a long career of socially conscious...