An original painting by Belgian illustrator Hergé has sold for a record €3.2m ($3.9m, £2.8m). The illustration was painted using gouache, ink and watercolour and shows Tintin and his dog Snowy ...

Blue lotus flower, or Nymphea caerulea, is an Egyptian water lily believed to be used in ancient healing and shamanistic rituals.Today, people use it to promote sleep, reduce anxiety, improve ...

Perhaps, then, it’s not surprising that a plant resembling the blue lotus is now marketed online as a soothing flower, one that can be smoked in a vape or infused in tea. There’s just one problem, ...

An original painting by Belgian illustrator Hergé has sold for a record €3.2m ... The Blue Lotus was first published in 1936 and sees Tintin travel to China during the 1931 Japanese invasion.