Freeman Vines, a North Carolina–based artist, guitar maker, and one-time blues musician, thought he’d seen it all: He’d worked for free on a white farm and served jail time for bootlegging. But about ...

From classic spider plant to heart-shaped pothos, take your indoor garden to new heights with these easy-to-grow hanging houseplants. Growing houseplants is a great way to brighten up the indoors when ...

A window sill herb garden is an easy way to add fresh greenery to your kitchen. Grow herbs like basil, thyme, or parsley ...

If you were Black and living in the American South when lynching was a popular way for Klannish whites to get their jollies out, trees weren’t simply trees. Some of them were hangin’ trees, their long ...

A new exhibit has opened at the Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center introducing luthier Freeman Vine and the haunting guitars he carved from the wood of a “lynching tree” used in the murder of a Black ...

For nearly half a century, the North Carolina native has created instruments out of found wood—including some from a notorious hanging tree Ted Scheinman - Senior Editor Freeman Vines has spent almost ...

STACEY Solomon is known for her impeccable organisational skills and crafty DIY hacks, and now the celeb mum has shown how to turn a basic kitchen item into a beautiful outdoor feature. While cleaning ...

House plants are having a moment. We’re yet to meet anyone who has not bought at least one during the pandemic, and Google searches for the term “house plants” increased 114 per cent year on year ...