Clinical Jamaican sprint stars pick up where they left off at London 2012 Olympics

George Hurrell gave the Golden Age of Hollywood its glossy sheen and soft-focus seductiveness. He was the foremost publicity stills photographer of the day - a man responsible for creating icons.

Public school privilege is as much a question of attitudes as facilities

A US congressman has had to apologise to his Christian constituents after being caught swimming naked in the holy Sea of Galilee while on a fact-finding mission to Israel.

For music's guardians of cool, the endless solos, Middle Earth concept albums and wizardly capes of Progressive Rock were an aesthetic disaster. Now the '70s genre which refused to die is to be recognised with its own award ceremony, where – raising some eyebrows – Radiohead will be honoured as one of "prog's" leading lights.

Never mind all those home golds. For those of us based at Eton Dorney, nothing defined the Olympic spirit better than twin images of silver.

It's the last chance to see a Viking battle at Lindisfarne Priory today (01289 389200; www.english-heritage.org.uk; admission £6.50). "The Vikings Return: Viking Raiders" will aim to recreate the atmosphere of AD793 when Lindisfarne was the scene of the first assaults on the north-east coast of England by these marauders. Rather less combative entertainment is also on offer at this specially reconstructed Viking encampment. See the armour they wore and weapons they used, and there's also a replica of a Viking longship to admire.

This week I've been eating... Carluccio's Lasagne

The history of human evolution is more complex than previously supposed, according to fossils showing that several species of early man once lived cheek by jowl in the same region of East Africa.

The history of human evolution is more complex than previously supposed, according to fossils showing that several species of early man once lived cheek by jowl in the same region of East Africa.

Dazzling success at Eton Dorney down to a mentality where there is no place for second-best

Hopes of an improbable series-levelling England victory were ever more remote after South African resistance and bad weather halted home progress at Headingley.

Falling water levels are killing fish and harming exports

The coast around Killarney is so striking that it even stops the locals in their tracks.