Golfer Adam Scott becomes World Number One

Following his win at the 2013 Masters Tournament and hugely successful season last year, the Australian golfer Adam Scott finally made it to the top of the world ranking. The golfer has become World Number One in the Official World Golf Ranking, becoming the first Australian player to take the top spot since Greg Norman … Read more

How travelers view key tourist cities around the world

  Global travelers praise Tokyo city for its hospitality, cleanliness and outstanding public transit system, while New York City ranks #1 for nightlife and restaurants, revealed the second annual edition of TripAdvisor’s Cities Survey. Ranking first for city with the best overall experience was Tokyo. The city also claimed top spots for helpfulness of locals, … Read more

Kering fostering young talent at 3rd “Empowering Imagination” competition

3rd “Empowering Imagination” competition announced by Parsons The New School for Design and Kering. Parsons The New School for Design and Kering luxury group have announced the third annual “Empowering Imagination” competition, which provides graduating Parsons BFA Fashion Design students the opportunity to earn an internship within one of Kering’s 22 luxury and sport & lifestyle … Read more

For woman’s indulgence: Savelli and Gemfields smartphones

Savelli, the manufacturer of the first luxury smartphone created specially for women, and Gemfields, the world’s largest coloured gemstone producer, joined forces to create two limited edition emerald adorned smartphones: Savelli’s Emerald Insane and Savelli’s Emerald Night Mobile Phones. Like all Savelli products, the new gadget is created merging luxury and technology. Limited to 19 … Read more

Michael Schmidt wins Prix Pictet for sprawling global food series

German-born photographer beat Adam Bartos and other big names for an epic look inside factory farms, slaughterhouses and supermarkets

Farm to table: Michael Schmidt exposes the reality of what we eat – in pictures
Why our guilt about consumption is all-consuming – Slavoj Žižek on the theme of this year’s Prix Pictet

Michael Kors and the £300 It bag

The luxury market has pushed prices ever higher – but few women can afford £1,000 handbags. How did one designer bring things back within reach?

• Gallery of 15 statement handbags for under £150