The crew of the Freedom Flotilla boat, Handala, warned Israel to obey international law but are now in captivity, reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER

ONE of the most useful vegetables you can sow at this time of year is overwintering onions, also known as Japanese onions, because that’s where the original cultivars were bred.
They are bulb onions — similar to, though generally a bit smaller than, familiar maincrop types — but they’re winter hardy and need less light than summer varieties.
Sown in August, planted out in September, they’ll be ready for eating early next summer.

MAT COWARD presents a peculiar cabbage that will only do its bodybuilding once the summer dies down

A heatwave, a crimewave, and weird bollocks in Aberdeen, Indiana horror, and the end of the American Dream

A corrupted chemist, a Hampstead homosexual and finely observed class-conflict at The Bohemia

Beet likes warmth, who doesn’t, so attention to detail is required if you’re to succeed, writes MAT COWARD