A lost copy of a poem composed in the seventh century by a Northumbrian cattle herder – the earliest surviving poem in the English language – has been discovered in Rome. Scholars... Read more »
The Little Red Book, a talisman of 20th-century Maoism, may have fallen out of favour in China after the Cultural Revolution, but its popularity with collectors shows no sign of abating. The... Read more »
A rare copy of the first issue of The Amazing Spider-Man has sold for more than £1m. The comic, published in March 1963, reached a record-setting $1.38m (£1.1m) at auction. It is... Read more »