Varieties of this elegant and elaborate tree can flourish in patio pots or take over entire plots, blooming from late winter into springMy grandfather’s house used to be flanked by a magnolia tree so large that, in spring, all you could see was creamy ...

Constitution-building offers no headlines – but what it can do, history tells us, is stop hundreds of thousands of people dyingSyria is reportedly sliding back towards civil war, as its various factions demand devolved authority. It is at root the same...

The narrator muses on everything from pornography to David Lynch, in this gloriously transgressive debut from JapanIn my local bookshop, many of the titles on the display table are by female Japanese writers, and can be divided into two categories...

The north-east London rapper’s new album mines his family’s past and society’s present to explore what it means to call a place homeOver the past two decades, Wretch 32, real name Jermaine Scott, has established himself as a pioneering figure in Britis...

Replacing what the Americans do for the NATO alliance would take money, personnel, time and cooperation. None of those is easy.

For the faithful who have descended on Rome for an event that comes every 25 years, the absence of the pope has been especially deeply felt.