Canada's biggest night in music returned to Hamilton, where Tate McRae led the 2026 Juno Awards with four major wins, while ...

Simon Fraser University scientists are learning more about the impact that water stored underground has on tree growth across the western United States in a new Simon Fraser University study. While ...

This week's Empire Podcast sees us clamber into the Magic Faraway Tree to talk with Simon Farnaby and Ben Gregor, the writer and director respectively of the brand new Enid Blyton adaptation. Together ...

My children are all grown up now but my wife and I still vividly remember the exquisite pleasure of introducing them, when they were little, to the same stories that had enthralled us 30-odd years ...

The famous cherry blossoms in Washington, D.C., have reached peak bloom, putting on their annual display around the Tidal Basin in West Potomac Park. "Recent warm weather pushed the blossoms into ...

Like any British family film worth its salt, The Magic Faraway Tree has a cast studded with national treasures. One scene, set in the ‘Land of the Know It Alls’, alone features Michael Palin, Lenny ...

Simon Farnaby has a story about the time his work on the Paddington films led to him sharing a scene with the Queen. “I told her, ‘You’re a good actress, ma’am,’” recalls Farnaby, who played a palace ...

It may seem there are nearly as many varieties of tomatoes as there are recipes calling for them. Then there's the tree tomato, also known as a tamarillo. In fact, it isn't a tomato at all, though ...