A gardening sceptic braves the crowds, pollen and Pimm’s at ‘the world’s greatest flower show’ to try to get to the root of Britain’s obsession with tending one’s patch

The author’s first novel in 15 years brilliantly captures the energy of New York and the trials of adolescence

My father’s box of trinkets came to symbolise him – and later his loss

This year’s London art fair was a spectacle insulated from the world outside the tent

The jailing of dealer Oghenochuko Ojiri chimes with the public’s perception of a world of hucksters. But it is our sense of beauty that is most damaged