Raffles, Batavia, Majestic: six of the best colonial hotels in south-east Asia

Whip out your linen and your Somerset Maugham – high tea and afternoon G&Ts are undergoing a revival at south-east Asia’s refurbished colonial hotels, cafes and bars

Rem Koolhaas crafts a spectacular ‘city of art’ for Prada in Milan

A new Roman Polanski film is being shown, Jeff Koons and Donald Judd artworks are strewn about, and Wes Anderson’s designed the kitsch cafe … in a scruffy industrial corner of Milan, Rem Koolhaas and Miuccia Prada have made a dazzling art space, so vast it’s practically a city. Oliver Wainwright is in awe

How could we measure luxury

Our ability to review our past equals our inability to predict our future, though, can our ability to reach certain achievements in the past define what can we achieve in the future? In order to know which the most advanced countries are, we need to take a look at the Economic Complexity Index created by the MIT that … Read more

Where’s Best for Business in London?

As one of the biggest cities in the world, there’s no shortage of options when it comes to looking for a place to do business in London. That of course doesn’t mean that just anywhere in the UK capital will do. No – different areas are going to be better for different things, and if … Read more

Top London museums focus on our obsession with the shoe

Three major summer exhibitions will highlight how footwear can define and transform us

From the frow to the brow: how front row politics transcended fashion

Once upon a time, the most in-demand seat was on the front row of a Burberry show. Now it’s a seat courtside at the NBA playoffs and even in high-octane exercise classes