The idea of a home, no matter how small, to truly call our own, has been the goal of British society in recent decades. But has it gone badly wrong and should we take a lesson from the sprawling family homes of the past, asks Lisa Jardine.

What is probably the oldest known Bible is being digitised, reuniting its scattered parts for the first time in 160 years ago. But it is markedly different from its modern equivalent. What's left out?

Widely used anti-spam tools are helping to convert crumbling books and other documents into accurate digital copies.

Canine crooners audition for a special choir which will pay musical tribute to a dog which saved drowning swimmers in the 1930s.

The News of the World's editor defends the publication of details of a sadomasochistic session involving F1 boss Max Mosley.

The tape recorder is a staple of police interviews but it could be consigned to the bin.

They're clunky, dirty and can't access the internet, yet every year thousands of people buy typewriters when they could probably afford a computer. Why?

A jury sees previously unreleased surveillance footage of the 7 July suicide bomber Mohammed Siddique Khan.

One of the 7 July bombers was told that going to Pakistan to fight abroad was a "one-way ticket", a court hears.

Historic maps of Cornwall are to be reproduced on CD by the county council to preserve them.

England grind their way to 286-6 on day three of the first Test, still trailing New Zealand by 184 runs.

Romanians are split over whether to purge official ranks of communist-era agents and collaborators.

All this week BBC News website technology editor Darren Waters is using a mobile phone to cover the Game Developers Conference, in text and in video.

The Kenyan government orders an investigation into claims that radio stations broadcast hate speeches.

Director Julian Schnabel talks about turning acclaimed book The Diving Bell and the Butterfly into an award-winning film.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown backs the limited use of intercept evidence in court after an independent review.

The recent spate of reports on bugging and intercepting communications has revealed how little people really know about the level of surveillance they are under.

The official Hansard record of Parliament is changed to remove a swear word attributed to the armed forces minister.

"Who will take on the burden of defending Brazil's goal in 2014?"

The 1831 account of a young slave girl's life of torture and degradation galvanized Britain's abolitionist movement.