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With a surface hot enough to melt lead and with clouds of sulphuric acid above it, it is a planet often called Earth’s “evil twin” – similar in size, yet worlds apart.

Some scientists have long believed it was once much more hospitable, home to cooler temperatures and oceans of …

Cameron Leslie, co-founder/co-owner

I was introduced to Keith Reilly [Fabric co-owner] by the landlord of a restaurant I was working with: “This guy wants to do a project in our basement. He’s got some money, but you should go to the bank to get the rest.” We had lunch and …

A titan in world archaeology, Colin Renfrew, Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn, who has died aged 87, tackled questions key to understanding who we are – what makes us human, how migration changes culture, why civilisations appear, what art means – with new evidence as well as argument. His determination to …

The historic tea brand Typhoo has been bought out of administration by the vapes and batteries maker Supreme in a £10m rescue deal.

The company filed to appoint administrators last Wednesday, risking the future of the 121-year-old brand.

However, the London-listed

Supreme, which last week confirmed it …

It was a bombastic statement from the man who wants to disrupt Ghana’s two-party political scene. “I’m here to represent Africa’s greatest hope,” Nana Kwame Bediako told an audience in a Palace of Westminster committee room in central London in October, referring to younger people on the continent.

After the …

• Germany’s president, Olaf Scholz, arrived in Kyiv on Monday morning for a surprise visit.

  Der Spiegel

  reported Scholz as saying he wanted to express his solidarity and promised Germany would remain “Ukraine’s strongest supporter in Europe. He would meet with Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and €650m in …

A luxurious suite of “rooms with a view”, built for the son of William the Conquerer but partly destroyed in the

English Civil War

No matter how many times you may have seen it, the crescent moon and the planet Venus make a beautiful pairing. This week, as twilight closes around the landscape, the duo will appear in the south-south-west. The chart shows the view looking from London at 16.30GMT on 5 December 2024.

Growth expectations among UK companies have taken “a decisive turn for the worse”, in a fresh blow to Rachel Reeves amid warnings that business confidence has plummeted since the budget.

For the first time this year, expectations for growth have turned negative, according to the Confederation of British Industry’s latest …

The UK’s blue-chip share index could be about to be invaded by space marines, Ork Weirdboyz and Chaos Gods.

Games Workshop, the UK maker of miniature wargames, is on track to be promoted to the FTSE 100 when the next quarterly reshuffle is calculated later this week, taking its place …