The showpieces of human civilisation are its great cities and here are 19 of the world's greatest. Read More...

The Cathedral of Chartres is, for almost every visitor, the greatest human artifact of the western world. It fills some of us with wonder and delight, others with awe and reverence. Read More...

Through Russia and Siberian Tartary to the frontiers of China, the Frozen Sea and Kamtchatka. His simple idea - vindicated by experience at every point of his journey, at least in Siberia - was that one should travel as far as possible alone... Read More...

This treatise on bees and bee-keeping can hardly be faulted in its scientific accuracy. It is essentially the work of a poet continually glancing at analogies to the human condition... Read More...

Of the seven 'wonders remembered and revered from antiquity, only one survives, yet their memory alone still wields impressive power, inspiring artists, writers – even engineers who wished to emulate such feats. What would be the wonders we would select from our own culture to pass down to future generations? Read More...