A pelican covered in oil from the BP leak is cleaned in Louisiana. Photograph: Reuters The oil industry has been responsible for thousands of fires, explosions, and leaks over the last decade, killing dozens of people and destroying wildlife and the environment across America, according to a report published today. None of the individual incidents [...]

Winston Churchill’s archive is packed full of letters, photographs and ephemera. Winston Churchill’s vast archive – everything from school reports and wagers about his prodigious drinking to a personal copy of the “finest hour” speech – will be digitised and offered online, it will be announced today. The Churchill Archive Trust has agreed a deal [...]

capetownsailing.co.za The 33-foot southern right whale soared out of the water off Cape Town, South Africa, and landed on a sailboat, snapping the mast. If you play with fire, you get burned. Or crushed, it appears. Photographs show a 33-foot southern right whale soaring out of the water off Cape Town, South Africa, and landing [...]

Supporters of the Million Women Rise march and rally opposing violence against women make their way along Oxford Street, London, in May. Photograph: Fiona Hanson/PA If you want to gauge the energy in the current British feminist movement, you have to speak to the young campaigners. Alex Corwin has defined herself as a feminist since [...]