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'Our photographs are the most precious thing we leave behind'

I FIRST took an interest in photography when I was rummaging around in a cabinet drawer and I happened across my father's old film camera.

When it comes to assessing animals' emotions, our focus on the face is not so useful.

We shouldn't read too much into animals' expressions

By Pete Wedderburn

CAN ANIMALS look happy or sad? Can we tell what they are feeling from their expressions? I meet many animals every day, and I'm convinced that we can judge a great deal about their emotions from looking at them. But it's a complicated subject with many possible distortions and confusions. It isn't nearly as simple as you'd think and we need to move away from our human tendency to focus too much on looking at our pets' faces.

'Barbie Mums' send out bad message

By DEBORAH COLEMAN

IF EVER there was an advertisement for the need for regulation and even perhaps elimination of tanning booths then it is the case of Patricia Krencil, the US mother accused of bringing her daughter to a booth which caused sunburn.

False Widow spider not as deadly as Black

By JIM HURLEY

AREADER found an unusual spider and by sorting through images on the internet he correctly identified it as a False Widow. Widow spiders get their name from the fact that the wives lose their husbands very early in their nuptial arrangement. The first time the male transfers sperm to her the female kills and eats her partner.

Gorgeous screen, hand held ease

By WITH CHRIS HAYES

POWERED BY an all new graphics engine, the fan favourite - last year's Mortal Kombat - is the latest fighting game to undergoe the PS Vita treatment, with the games gorgeous screen and handheld ease paying tribute to the greatness of the Mortal Kombat series.