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.
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
Hot on the heels of a little rabbit, this cheetah is on a mission to catch his prey .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
A skydiver cheated death after plunging 13,000 feet without his parachute opening but survived after landing in a bog .
WELCOME to the real Frankenstein's lab where carefully pickled creatures are left to stew in jars .
Exibiting their superhuman strength these ants look ready to create an art attack by lifting pencils several thousand times their own weight .
An American man who suffered horrific third-degree burns to 70 percent of his body in a childhood accident has faced his fears by becoming a firefighter .
AN anorexic woman whose heart stopped after she starved herself to 3st has revealed that ‘dying’ for a minute helped shock her into recovery .
With one hand rested on his belly and the other propping his head up, this lazy lizard takes an afternoon break .
THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .