The Guardian Articles

Helen Lecointe answers the phone sounding frazzled. As the senior manager of the

Woodside Animal Welfare Trust

The writing was on the wall for many of the prisoners incarcerated in the

Tower of London

Hundreds of graffiti texts scratched into the historic stone walls by prisoners as they awaited their fate have come to light …

We do it sitting in a tree, under the mistletoe, at midnight to ring in the new year. In fairytales, the act transforms frogs into princes and awakens heroines from enchanted slumber. We make up with it, seal with it, and – in Romeo Montague’s case at least – die …

23andMe is facing implosion. As the once-promising

genetic

Meta is actively helping self-harm content to flourish on Instagram by failing to remove explicit images and encouraging those engaging with such content to befriend one another, according to a damning new study that found its moderation “extremely inadequate”.

Danish researchers created a private self-harm network on the social media …

King Louis XV’s rhinoceros was the star of the court of Versailles. Fed on a diet of bread, its tough hide was regularly massaged with oil. But it proved not an easy pet to keep and unfortunately killed two people who entered its enclosure.

Now, the magnificent beast, since …