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    Everything you (n)ever wanted to know about Mozart

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-91) of Austria was a keen and skilful billiards player. A slight deformity of his left ear was hidden by his wig. Mahler’s last word before he died was “Mozart”.

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    April Fool's Day

    "The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year." (American writer Mark Twain)

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    Hallowe'en

    Find out some more about the traditional festival of Hallowe'en.

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    Human rights for great apes?

    Chimpanzees and the other great apes - gorillas, orangutans, etc. - are always one of the favourite attractions in any zoo. The main reason for this is because they are so similar to us.

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    Gardening: the Beginnings

    The modern garden has a history going back many thousands of years. The first ‘garden’, was a vegetable-garden, where early humans cultivated different types of plants for food.

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    Extra sensory perception

    ESP is a catch-all expression for the alleged ability of certain people to receive transmitted thoughts from others, to transmit their own thoughts, or to see what will happen in the future, or move things.

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    Exams

    Do you remember that nasty feeling of sweaty palms? A wave of nausea coming over you? I’m talking about waiting at the door of an exam room, convinced that you know nothing…

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    What did a dinosaur look like?

    Dinosaur art has a long history, in natural history museums, children's toys and films. We love looking at dinosaurs. But what are we seeing? The real thing? Or a little fact and a lot of imagination?

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    Development

    Development is happening everywhere around the world and it has started to be called "globalisation". There is a serious argument that this process is unfair and that it is causing a lot of poverty...

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    Death

    Death is something that everybody has in common. We are all born, we all live and we all die. However, the customs, beliefs and traditions surrounding death can differ greatly between different groups of people, different parts of the world or different stages throughout history.
     

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