Features

In 1989 James Fenton startled his friends by moving to a derelict farm to set about making a spectacular garden. Now he has surprised them again by selling up. Julie Kavanagh talks to Fenton and friends – and his gardener, Mike Collins

Influencers love Santorini’s blue domes and dramatic landscapes. But the tourists who follow in their wake are proving hard to manage

We see exceptional intelligence as a blessing. So why, asks Maggie Fergusson, are so many brilliant children miserable misfits?

Female runners have long fought for the recognition and status of male ones. Rachel Hewitt asks why running doesn’t offer women the freedom it should

How did hunger for the humble vanilla pod lead to greed, crime and riches? Wendell Steavenson travels to Madagascar to meet the new spice barons

What happens when America’s darkest crime writer sees the light? Leo Robson meets him at home in Colorado to find out

Spring’s most eagerly anticipated literary event fails to live up to the hype

Jon Fasman visits Alabama, where a memorial has been erected to the victims of America’s racist past

Demis Hassabis founded a company to build the world’s most powerful AI. Then Google bought him out. Hal Hodson asks who is in charge