FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters. The art works entitled 'Houndton Tabby', were designed by illustrator and artist Kim Parkhurst, 39, after she combined her love of drawing and Downton Abbey. 'I've been painting portraits of animals in historical costume for some time,” explains New Yorker Kim. “I've taken some familiar and beloved characters whose demeanour, personality, and appearance seemed to translate to certain breeds of dog or cat. 'I got to thinking about Mr Bates' character and storyline, and Brendan Coyle's facial structure, and how he could look hard but also had the warmest, kindest eyes.
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
AN ITALIAN mechanic has created the world’s most ferocious mini-car .
A curious red squirrel takes a break from collecting nuts and tries her hand at photography .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
A KITTEN'S teaparty and rat's playing dominoes are the bizarre creations by one of Britain's great eccentrics pictured in an incredible new book .