Once synonymous with the aristocracy, the thoroughly British winter favourite is now in demand more than ever. It is "timeless and beyond trends - and generally self-cleaning".
Charles M Schulz drew his beloved Peanuts strip for 50 years until he retired on 14 December 1999. By then, the unassuming cartoonist had built a billion-dollar empire.
As Pantone's "colour of the year 2025" is announced, we explore the paint shades that are trending now - and find out which colours can improve our mood.
It's been a year of doppelgangers - but the lure of the "second self" goes way back to ancient folklore and the writings of Edgar Allen Poe and Sigmund Freud.
Worn by everyone from pin-ups and "mob wives" to royalty, leopard print has long divided opinion. As the festive season approaches, it has become the party look for now.
In December 1950, a BBC cameraman captured the fall of Pyongyang, a defining moment in the Korean War, when US General Douglas MacArthur threatened all-out nuclear war.