David Phelan goggles at Sony's box

The Gentlemen of Leisure are first comedy act allowed to perform a tour at the London-based museum

I've played a number of buttoned-up British women There is something in our national characteristic that is naturally repressed, and I do find that fascinating. Why do we repress so much? I suppose I must feel it myself, deep down.

The trip wasn't about celebrating Cinco de Mayo. I wasn't even sure what Cinco de Mayo was. Few people in south-western Ontario, the industrial heartland of Canada, did. All I knew for sure was that it was both American and Mexican, which seemed like an odd combination, interesting but potentially volatile.

Morgan Gliedman lives in Manhattan's fashionable Greenwich Village and is nine-months pregnant with a child by her Harvard-educated partner. Few would have thought the 27-year-old daughter of a respected doctor could be an aspiring terrorist.

Tom Peck meets the two boxers who were meant to fight for Olympic gold, but instead had to flee to London from a regime determined to persecute them

Oriental Residence,  Thailand  By Mark Stratton

A Scrabble player has been thrown out of the US national championship tournament after being caught hiding blank letter tiles.

It's boom time for Cage fans – barely a month goes by without another album confirming his status as surely the most underrated composer of the 20th century.

Giant TV screens have helped to bring families back together in the living room, new research suggests.

Activision has announced further details on the Angry Birds home console and 3DS compilation.

In 1969 the American photographer Diane Arbus took some rare photos of the British Royal Family. Or rather not of the real thing, but of waxwork versions of them. The pictures, taken when Arbus visited Madame Tussauds after hours, will go on show in London for the first time next week.

Charlotte and Peter Fiell, leading authorities on 20th and 21st century design, have put their London house up for sale