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Brace for the cold with these clever accessories made and tested by people who know long, dark winters

If manifestos could transform Bihar, this land would be Scandinavia with litti-chokha. But they can’t, and everyone knows it. That’s why each election brings a familiar performance, from the glossy launch to the silence about cost or accountability.

Scandinavia, the 2-1 favourite, landed the Doncaster feature race for Aidan O’Brien, who then won the Irish Champion Stakes with Delacroix

IKEA’s limited edition collection is a masterclass in using colours and patterns like the Scandinavians

Scientific analysis has revealed where much of the Vikings' precious loot came from

In the archaeology galleries of the Yorkshire Museum, an incredible Viking silver neck-ring takes centre stage. The ring is made of four ropes of twisted rods hammer-welded together at each end, its terminals tapering into scrolled S-shaped hooks for fastening behind the neck. Weighing over half a kilo, it makes…

COMMENT: Like the UK, Nordic countries have been hit by unusually high temperatures this summer – so how do they survive sweltering heat without air-conditioning? Here's how, explains Helen Russell, author of ‘A Year of Living Danishly’

Calls for electoral reform are rising in the UK, where a majority of people are now in favour of a different system. It’s easy to see why. A voting system based on having one MP for one constituency, elected via one-person-one-vote, only works well when there are two political parties…

From northern lights to medieval villages, there are plenty of reasons to sail around stunning Scandinavia