Because Second Life, with the company behind it determined to self-destruct, could soon be dead. Long live, er, VastPark?

You couldn't make this up. It's a *rock*, folks!

Why steampunk may have got that little bit too shiny…

A look at the importance of Spiritualism and the study of psychic phemomena and the paranormal to the Victorians

Because as historical romances go, the great – unrequited? uncomsummated? – one between the Earl of Leicester and Queen Elizabeth I really does take some beating. This is the story of a recreation of a garden that was created as a backdrop to some of it.

Would it really be a masterstroke if Clegg declared that he was ready to swap jobs with his deputy? That's Norman's premise in this opinion piece for The Independent.