The world, in perspective.

In total, across England and Scotland, around 5,000 women convicted of witchcraft were executed, some by hanging and some by burning.

<p>Events in Ireland explore origins of Gulliver’s Travels, the Dublin clergyman’s book that became an instant hit in 1726</p><p>In March 1726, an Irish clergyman visited London and arranged for a courier to deliver a manuscript to a publisher under cover of night. The dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin knew his novel would cause trouble and wanted to

<p>A question posed by Sir Walter Raleigh about cannonballs inadvertently led to a puzzle that mathematicians have been trying to solve for centuries</p>

Katie Webb skippered her dad's fishing boat from age 12, and now returns to Port Lincoln as the navigator on the newly commissioned HMAS Eyre.

Oman has renewed its historic links to the City of London with pledges by Sultan Haitham to grow joint investment and keep trade flowing under the shadow of the Iran war. Sultan Haitham, who is on the first Omani state visit to the UK in 44 years, used a banquet address in the finance, shipping and insurance centre to pledge that ties dating back to 1647 wou