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.
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .
THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
FULLY equipped with a kitchen and lounge, it's hard to believe this modern holiday let is actually a BUS .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .