Animal shelters are places where unwanted pets and domesticated animals can be left, usually in the hope that they will be adopted by a new owner. One of the oldest and best-known is the Battersea Dogs Home in London (which also takes cats). Bloggers writing about animal shelters may be …

Once upon a time, were you writing about blackberries, it would have been about memories of blackberry jam, or perhaps a recipe for a blackberry pie, or you might have been writing about growing a blackberry bush. Now, of course, you'll almost certainly be writing about the near-ubiquitous "wireless handheld …

Even more than the story of species conservation, this is a cautionary tale for all efforts of conservation.

The British Museum is arguably the finest museum in the world, and one of the must-see sights of London. Bloggers write frequently about their visits to the museum, whether they are taking in the main sites, such as the Rosetta Stone and the Assyrian winged bulls, or the regular special …

One saying runs:"The caterpillar does all the work but the butterfly gets all the publicity." And that's surely true when it comes to blogging, where caterpillars barely get a mention. Very often bloggers are taking photographs of butterflies, and talking about how to get the perfect shot. But sometimes they …

It is said that the British only ever talk about the weather, which isn't quite true; they just mostly talk about it. That makes the BBC's weather site one of the most popular in the world. But bloggers also have plenty to say about the weather: some are complaining it …

An odd little book, mostly an architectural history, but with some great snippets of social anecdote about one of the great train stations of Europe.

The closest we can get to the brilliantly preserved traces of the previous users - human and animal.

No, she wasn't faithful, but the reasons for that were understandable, and human.

We can do with positive, approving accounts of powerful women – particularly those who've started from practically nowhere.