It has taken James Edmiston 25 years, through divorce and bankruptcy, to win compensation after being wrongly charged with alleged illegal exports to Iraq, writes Richard Norton-Taylor
For millions, the Lord of the Rings films turned the country into Middle-earth. As the premiere of a second trilogy approaches, tour operators are ready for another bonanza
Syrian novelist Samar Yazbek was born into a wealthy Alawite family, but became 'a traitor to her kind' to fight the Assad regime. Her latest work is a visceral, nightmarish account of the revolution that drove her into exile