The Honest Truth: Each sea snail yielded just a drop of purple dye reserved for Roman royalty
David Coles, author of Chromatopia: An Illustrated History Of Colour, tells Alice Hinds the Honest Truth about precious pigments
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Going cocoa: Why we should be nuts about the beans that make chocolate
Whether they come in the form of milk, white, dark or even a vegan variety, Easter wouldn’t be the same without chocolate eggs.
The Honest Truth: Unearthing the fascinating secrets of Britain’s forgotten Victorian gardeners
They were a hidden 19th-Century army of ordinary green-fingered lads.
The Honest Truth: For our fake news world, we could do with reviving the word toadeater
Words form everything from beautiful poems and angry exchanges to novels and songs.
The Honest Truth: Hit the road, Jack! How lumberjills went back to their roots to fill men’s boots
On the eve of the Second World War, Britain was running out of crucial timber. Lumberjacks were heading to war, leaving the women to fill their boots.
The Honest Truth: Curator scrolls back the years to shine light on ancient Egypt
ANCIENT Egypt Discovered is one of three new permanent galleries opened last week at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.
The Honest Truth: Tired? Stressed? Glued to the desk? How to get a laugh out of hard graft
Increasingly, many people feel trapped by the monotony of the nine to five routine.
I say old bean, did you know coffee has been on the go for 1200 years?
Most of us can’t start our day without a strong cup of the good stuff – but did you know six in 10 of the world’s wild coffee species are under threat?
The Honest Truth: Shedding some light on the science behind our relationship with the sun
FROM our sleep cycles to our immune systems, we all depend on it for our very existence.
Scottish stonemason pioneers who carved a place in American history
DID you know the pillars that uphold American democracy were crafted by a team of Scotsmen?
The Honest Truth: Why London’s still calling 40 years on as writer remembers The Clash
THIS is the 40th year since the release of The Clash’s London Calling.