Controversial medical breakthrough restores vision – now doctors hope to repeat the success

The seasoned commuter is most likely a pro at it and with 57,000 people weaving through London's most crowded concourse at Waterloo station every rush hour, that's hardly a surprise. But navigating your way through throngs of people doesn't have to leave you sweating and wanting to punch the dawdling pedestrian in front of you.

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Successful party make-up involves turning up the volume to the right degree. A glamorous outfit with an undone face produces a strange effect best left to Tilda Swinton. Conversely, a full-on make-over may attract such incredulous compliments from others that you will spend your evening wondering just how unattractive you look on a day-to-day to basis.

Matthew Bell tries the world's cheapest Michlin-starred meal

French archaeologists have discovered an extremely rare example of a neolithic "earth mother" figurine on the banks of the river Somme.

An insight into the unique perspective on life of people with neither sight nor hearing is being provided by an exhibition of artwork by two deafblind artists.

He conquered Hollywood, then almost threw it all away. Now Guy Pearce is in a better place – and this time, he's staying put

Alice Jones speaks to Tim Minchin

He's played arenas and opera houses. Now Tim Minchin is taking over the West End with his musical Matilda. And he's not stopping there, he tells Alice Jones

Where, once, a generous figure was physical proof of a comfortable lifestyle, we now aspire above all to look well-rested. A fresh face implies you were not waiting for the washing machine to finish at midnight, or up at 6am for the commute.

The philosopher William Paley used the complexity of design in a pocket watch as an analogy for the existence of an intelligent Creator; in this week's column, I shall use an infestation of clothes moths to prove that he was right: there is a God, and He hates us all.

Edward Burra's paintings are eccentric, varied and bleak. Adrian Hamilton celebrates this most neglected of British artists at his first retrospective in 25 years