Despite what they say, it sometimes can be useful to judge a book by its cover. Consider the illustrations of Johann Wolfgang von Goeth’s 1774 epistolary novel The Sorrows of Young Werther: tragic scenes...

Hollywood stars including Mark Hamill and Mandy Moore were among the thousands of residents sent fleeing as raging wildfires tore through affluent neighbourhoods in Los Angeles, consuming homes, threatening iconic buildings and bringing the heart of the...