How the Black Death spread, and why medieval doctors missed it
BBC Bitesize and National Geographic explain how a bacterium on rat fleas killed a third to half of Europe. Doctors blamed the four humours and bad air.
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Jonah Lomu: the wing who helped rugby turn professional
A new documentary argues that even Jonah Lomu's own coaches underestimated how sick he was while he made rugby a global sport.
Dolly Parton was a songwriter first
Dolly Parton, who died aged 80, came to Nashville to write songs. Jolene, I Will Always Love You and 9 to 5 turned that trade into a career.
Kaley Cuoco started producing before Big Bang Theory ended
Kaley Cuoco set up a production company before The Big Bang Theory ended. Critics see her Flight Attendant and Vanished heroines as ordinary women in trouble.
Patrick Mahomes returned from ACL surgery unbeaten
Patrick Mahomes tore his ACL in December, then threw three touchdowns in an overtime win nine months later. The Chiefs are 2-0 since his return.
Russell Howard launches a charity in his son Felix's name
Russell Howard and his wife, NHS doctor Cerys Morgan, set up the Felix Foundation for bereaved families. A comedy gala at the O2 on 8 February launches it.
Richard O'Sullivan, star of Man About the House, dies at 82
The actor played Robin Tripp in Man About the House and then Robin's Nest. His screen career began at eight, in the 1953 thriller The Yellow Balloon.
Gloria Steinem's new memoir, and the life behind it
Gloria Steinem died aged 92, weeks before her second memoir, An Unexpected Life, came out. It goes back to Toledo, India, and a lasting fear of poverty.