We are often embarrassed by the protruding olfactory equipment on our faces. But noses shape our loves, lives and memories like no other part of the body

Grand theories on physics, the brain and genetics

New biographies of Churchill and de Gaulle dominate

When Ursula discovers her daughter Miri is engaged to a Syrian man living in Budapest, she is torn between generosity and fear. Miri, returning to London to visit her sick father, would rather be...

In Ma Jian’s vision of China the past has never truly been addressed

Ghost Wall is a masterful piece of writing exploring family, sexuality and history

Plus big ideas for improving the world in Future Perfect

Her new novel Unsheltered stands up for decency in the face of an indecent president— and asks tough questions about her country’s origins

Plus Andrea Levy's The Long Song on screen

Plus the documentary Capernaum about a Lebanese boy suing his parents