CURIOUS CAT:Hello, children. What are you doing? BOY:We're making things out of paper. GIRL:Look, I made a paper hat. CURIOUS CAT:Wow, that's brilliant. Paper is really useful for lots of things.

But soon enough, paper began to change the world ... It took more than a thousand years to arrive in Europe, where people had to make do with writing on the skins of calves, goats and sheep.

As an avid home cook, I try to pull out all the stops when I have people over. But the recipe that gets the most remarks (and the most copycats!) is so easy it’s hardly a recipe at all: paper ...

Hold the paper in both hands. Twist one hand away from your body and one towards it. Do this along the whole sheet to make a twisted rope. If you are using A4 paper you will probably need 2 - 3 ...

[Federico Tobon] from [Wolfcat Workshop] makes amazing automata, crosses between cut paper art, origami, and traditional carved wood automata. He’s put out a useful new video on making ...