Makeup in middle age: is it time to bin your red lipstick?

My relationship with make-up has definitely changed since I turned 40 – but there’s no chance I’m giving up my lipstick

The best food they ate in 2015

Kebabs in Istanbul, sea urchins in County Cork, a sensational lobster pasta in London: top chefs and food writers share their favourite meals this year

Rowan Moore: the best architecture of 2015

From dumb towers to cool interventions, 2015 saw the gap widen between the big and brainless and the small and thoughtful

Observer critics’ reviews of the year in full

Lotus Exige Sport 350 – more powerful and much lighter than its previous iteration

The new Lotus Exige Sport 350 is the next model in the range to mark the reintroduction of the renowned ‘Sport’ naming designation. It joins the recently announced Lotus Elise Sport and Elise Sport 220 –delivering a lighter driving experience. A product of Lotus’ ‘Lightweight Laboratory’, the Exige Sport 350 weighs just 1125 kg and has … Read more

Middle class people dominate arts, survey finds

Findings also reveal extent to which gender and ethnicity influence prospects of entering and gaining fair deal in industry