For millennia pearls have been associated with royalty, glamour and status, treasured for their exquisite beauty.

A unique history of humanity told through its seventeen defining equations; from Pythagoras to Calculus.

Why is it that some of the greatest works of literature have been produced by writers in the grip of alcoholism, an addiction that cost them personal happiness and caused harm to those who loved them?

Why is it that some of the greatest works of literature have been produced by writers in the grip of alcoholism, an addiction that cost them personal happiness and caused harm to those who loved them?