The organiser of a gathering dedicated to the delights of the mundane is worried it is in danger of being too interesting.

Students from the age of 18 will have the chance to gain a degree while working in a fully operational hotel.

Durham, in England's northeast, celebrated 25 years of being on the Unesco World Heritage list in 2011. Click through our gallery for some ideas about what to see if you visit the area.

Durham is celebrating 25 years on the Unesco World Heritage list. Sarah Barrell offers some sightseeing ideas.

Prince William and his wife Catherine are to make Kensington Palace, famously associated with the late princess Diana, their London residence.

Plans have been unveiled for a four-runway airport on a sparse strip of land on the Isle of Grain in Kent.

The 29-year-old who married Prince William in April is the queen of British fashion, according to UK style magazine Harper's Bazaar.

See who's joined the Duchess of Cambridge on the style magazine's best-dressed list for 2011.

It would seem that the ancient practice of yoga really does work - and it could be even better than going to the doctor.

Jim Eagles visits a piece of British history and finds out how its unlikely saviour spent five years rescuing it from ruin in a swamp.

Winchester Cathedral is a repository for many treasures of early British history and was saved from sinking into the surrounding marshlands by diver William Walker, whose statue stands outside amongst those of ancient bishops.

Female members of the Royal Family are to be given equality with men in the rules of succession.

Advances in genetic science could see future generations of people living free of disease well into old age.

Herald Travel editor Jim Eagles travels to the Cornish fishing port of Padstow to discover the tasty secrets of an EU-recognised delicacy.

Jim Eagles discovers the tasty secrets of Cornwall's most famous, EU-recognised delicacy.

Michael Winner was hospitalised after eating steak tartare four days in a row.