A love from beyond the grave – Kurt Tong on his ‘ghost marriage’ photographs

His latest project, piecing together the story of a bereaved Hong Kong man who wed his dead fiancee, has won an award. The photogapher reveals how it began with the discovery of a trunk of keepsakes

Ban imposed on overseas sale of John Gould’s landmark ornithological studies

Export bar on Gould’s Original Drawings, valued at £1.2m, will run until September to allow domestic institutions time to raise money for purchase

‘You are the one spark in my life’: Laurie Lee’s loving letters to secret daughter

Newly discovered exchanges between the Cider with Rosie author and painter Yasmin David show their joy at finding one another

‘I was filled with dread’: after her father killed her mother, Amani Haydar found words to heal

In her new book, the lawyer, artist and women’s advocate turns family trauma into something extraordinary, far-reaching and ultimately hopeful

Designing Motherhood: project puts objects shaped by maternity in focus

In a new book and exhibition, the experience and industry of motherhood is viewed through the lens of design

No one got Angela Carter like Corinna Sargood

The illustrator’s vivid depictions of her annual visits to Mexico reveal why she was the author’s kindred spirit

An exquisite new exhibition brings home my long obsession with Iran

Not even the sight of Oliver Dowden could dim my excitement at the V&A’s latest triumph

Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser review – a stupendous wonderland

The rabbit hole is just the start of this thrilling immersive exploration of Lewis Carroll’s enduring masterpiece

Children’s authors on Eric Carle: ‘He created readers as voracious as that caterpillar’

Authors from Julia Donaldson to Cressida Cowell pay tribute to the beloved author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, who has died aged 91

Was the fiddler framed? How Nero may have been a good guy after all

He was a demonic emperor who stabbed citizens at random and let Rome burn. Or was he? We go behind the scenes at a new show exploding myths about the ancient world’s favourite baddie

Group think: why art loves a crowd

With social gatherings a possibility once again, Olivia Laing considers the crowd in art and literature

Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser review – a wonderful tumble down the rabbit hole

Victoria and Albert Museum, LondonInspiring everything from Jefferson Airplane’s White Rabbit to Heston Blumenthal’s mock turtle soup, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland continues to feel delightfully modern

Tintin heirs lose legal battle over artist’s Edward Hopper mashups

French artist Xavier Marabout wins case and €10,000 in damages after Moulinsart contacted galleries displaying his art

Letters to Camondo by Edmund de Waal review – Proustian evocation of the belle époque

The potter and memoirist’s exacting study of a Parisian family’s collection of art objects is an exquisite coda to The Hare With Amber Eyes

How Holbein left clever clue in portrait to identify Henry VIII’s queen

New evidence shows miniature long held to be of Catherine Howard could depict Henry’s fourth wife, Anne of Cleves