At the same time - on the same day... people around the world - from Kosovo to Cambodia -Belarus to India - Finland to Tanzania... sang the Beatles classic to raise money for the fight against AIDs in Africa. 

When her partner’s work was relocated to Greater Manchester Diane Southam, a confirmed Southerner, was faced with a tough choice: Singledom or Salford?

And so to Hampton Court to see the The Wild, the Beautiful and the Damned, an exhibition of portraits of Charles II’s principal mistresses, including Nell Gwyn and Barbara Villiers, brought together for the first time, writes Julia Stephenson.

Like many townies, I often fantasise about quitting my urban eyrie for the bucolic delights of the countryside, writes Julia Stephenson.

Steven Pinker charts the decline of violence from Biblical times to the present and argues that, despite the wars of the 21st Century, we are living in the most peaceful time in our species' existence.

What is courage? Is it the fearlessness of superheroes in the face of danger? Or is it overcoming cowardice when faced by the petty tyrants infesting the power structures of modern life, asks Anthony McGowan, award-winning author of The Knife That Killed Me, a book for young adults.