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How brutal outlaws became romanticized.

And now there is Robert Waldner, a 17-year-old chess-loving teenager who built an elaborate snow cave shelter in British Columbia last weekend after getting stranded on a mountain during a family outing. It is a feat of survival without the drama of a plane crash or frozen toddler but with a happy ending that has nevertheless captured Canadian imaginations during these pandemic times.

A Trip Back in Time: Kinglassie January 12 2021, 10.27am Sign up for our newsletter and let our nostalgia team take you on a trip back in time Thank you for signing up to our Nostalgia newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Each week, we will take you on a trip back in time with a selection of photographs picked from DC Thomson’s vast archives. This week, the focus is on Kinglassie. Our first image, from March 25 1958, shows the Fife village’s Bridge Brae and the Parish Church. The second picture shows the Lurgi Gas Plant at Westfield after it newly ope...

Maughan has made a life for himself and his family from painting gardens. The 55-year-old has been creating large-scale yet intricate gardenscapes for more than three decades. Paintings by Maughan hang in many hotel lobbies and wealthy collectors’ homes –his prices can soar – Marigolds & Sweet Corn, for instance, which sold for US$64,825 (NZ$91,825) last year. If critics have accused him of repetition, the book is a printed timescape of his career, showing his works have changed like the seasons over time, along with his practice. Throughout, though, flowers have been his langua...