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.
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .
An artist has transformed traditional Thanksgiving dinners into mini-masterpieces .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
WELCOME to the drawing room that is home to the £100K world’s greatest collection of Margaret Thatcher autographed objects .