Pump Park Vintage Photography/Alamy The Aletsch Glacier in Switzerland’s Bernese Alps is the mightiest mass of ice in Europe. Covering a staggering 66 square miles (171sq km) it has always attracted ...

“The City of Melbourne was made aware of damage to the Batman monument at Queen Victoria Market early this morning,” a council spokesman said. The John Batman memorial statue at the Queen ...

In the summer of 1863 Queen Victoria, in her first diplomatic role since the death of Albert, attended a gathering of the rulers of both Prussia and Austria. In the same hall where her parents ...

Less than a fortnight later, the statue was felled and its base defaced again, this time with: “The colony can fall”. The Queen Victoria statue is being restored in Melbourne. Picture ...

The Royal Albert Hall was discussed in the Lords (Lucy North/PA) Shouts of “shame” and “disgraceful” rang out in the House of Lords over a bitter row about the Royal Albert Hall ...