Culture & Society

How important is Catalonia to Spain? Jon Henley   The region has a greater role in Spain’s economy than its size would suggest. Catalonia occupies just over 6.3% (32,114 sq km) of Spain’s territory, but its importance is...

1,000-year-old China Song dynasty bowl sells for record $37.7m   Bowl, originally designed to wash brushes, breaks record for Chinese porcelain, auction house Sotheby’s says. A 1,000-year-old bowl from China’s Song dynasty sold at auction for $37.7m...

Heartbreaker, Tom Petty, dies at 66   Veteran rocker Tom Petty, who fronted The Heartbreakers, suffered a cardiac arrest at his home in Malibu, California and was pronounced dead in the hospital. Tom Petty, an old-fashioned rock...

'Proud to be Mexican': Meet the baby whose huge image gazes over the border Rory Carroll in Tecate, Mexico   The art installation emerged last week near Tecate, highlighting controversy over Trump’s proposed wall – but Kikito’s...

Assyrians return to Turkey from Europe to save their culture   Assyrians are one of the oldest communities in the Middle East, where they have lived for millennia. In the last hundred years, successive wars have...

'Humanitarian catastrophe' unfolding as Myanmar takes over aid efforts in Rakhine state Emanuel Stoakes   Officials fear aid blockade could become permanent in region where Rohingya Muslims have reportedly been massacred by soldiers. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rae8JSHB_A4?enablejsapi=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&origin=https://www.theguardian.com] Smoke billows from...

New Zealand river gets legal status as a person   After 140 years of battle, Whanganui River has all the rights, duties and liabilities that come with personhood. The Whanganui River has been given the legal status...

Why is Kaia Gerber suddenly the centre of the fashion universe? Hadley Freeman   Cindy Crawford’s daughter is just 16 and already all over the catwalks. In her weekly advice column, our style expert asks if celebrity...

Hazelnuts With Impact Teresa Law   Teresa Law '81 shares the story of Mountain Hazelnuts — the largest hazelnut nursery in the world, which is planting 10 million trees, doubling the income of 15 percent of Bhutan’s...

Del Toro's 'The Shape of Water' wins Golden Lion at Venice   Guillermo del Toro's beat contenders including George Clooney's "Suburbicon" and Alexander Payne's "Downsizing." Guillermo del Toro's monster thriller 'The Shape of Water' has won the...