A fire at one of the poet's Lake District home has liberated visitors. There's no sedate progression from room to room at Allan Bank. You and your children can run wild. Alan Cleaver enjoys taking a look.
Landmark polar research about the Adélie penguin's sex life by Captain Scott's expedition, deemed too shocking for the public 100 years ago, is unearthed at the Natural History Museum
7 Jun 2012: Jonathan Jones: The British Museum is celebrating the ancient Greek passion for victory with an 'Olympic' trail around its collection. But classical Greek culture has always been first among equals
Edith Piaf was one of Paris's most famous daughters, yet the only museum dedicated to her is a small privately run collection in a fan's tiny apartment