"England's task has been made easier by some curiously negative tactics by India's batsmen"

A full list of this year's Golden Globe nominations, announced on 11 December by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

Images from the Hubble telescope and the Galaxy Zoo project prove the prevalence of curiously red-coloured spiral galaxies.

A curious cow gets stuck in a washing machine drum dumped in a Cornish farmer's field.

Freed Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt endures a curious media with grace, says the BBC's Stephen Sackur.

From a didgeridoo to a piece of granite, an inventory in the NI Assembly reveals a remarkable collection of curious objects.

The campaigning machines which propel America's presidential hopefuls through the primary season are curious movements, writes the BBC's Kevin Connolly.

After Kumar Sangakkara's majestic 152, England end day four of the first Test on 9-1, needing 350 to win.

US firm Marvel stops shipping its Chinese-made Curious George doll, after a group says it has unsafe lead levels. the latest in a series of product scares involving Chinese goods.

Police in New York question three men after intercepting a curious submersible vessel off Manhattan.

Victorian sideshows revived in Blackpool's Cabinet of Curiosities

BBC NI's Martina Purdy looks at the increasing number of tourists visiting Stormont.

A curious kitten is rescued from a toilet outflow after making its way past the U-bend.

The smoking room, that most curious of social institutions, is about to meet its final demise. But will smokers still bond outside, or will they just stop?

"These are curious days indeed for Celtic manager Gordon Strachan"

A couple break through a wall in their living room to rescue their kitten trapped in a gap.

A new book looking at the history of the City Cemetery displays some of the more curious and humorous elements associated with death.

The government is planning to close a pension option it opened only earlier this year

Hugh Sykes talks to sightseers as they visit what was until recently a conflict zone.

The original Bagpuss. A dollop of medieval poo. A skeleton or two. While national institutions grab all the attention, much of the UK's regional identity is enshrined in small museums.