Christmas taste test: cheese and chocolate

Potted stilton, salted caramels and festive boxes of chocs – it wouldn’t be Christmas without them. Andi Oliver rates the classics

Los Angeles Auto Show 2019: These automotive startups represent an ever-growing mobility industry

    Companies Shaping the Evolution of Autonomy, Clean Energy Vehicles, and Cybersecurity Among Finalists For Startup Competition. The organizers of Los Angeles Auto Show’s (LA Auto Show) AutoMobility LA announced today the finalists for its sixth annual Top Ten Automotive Startups Competition (Top Ten), presented this year by Michigan Economic Development Corporation’s (MEDC) mobility … Read more

Desert ski slopes and outdoor aircon: can the scorching emirates really go green?

It is one of Earth’s biggest carbon emitters, a place where SUVs roar from manmade islands to malls with ski slopes. Can an architecture triennial in the UAE really teach us how to go green?

Alber Elbaz x Richemont to establish designer’s dream factory for women of our times

    Richemont and Alber Elbaz create AlberelbaZfashion start-up. Richemont, one of the most important luxury groups, and fashion designer Alber Elbaz announced the signing of an agreement to form a joint venture, called “AZfashion” (AlberelbaZfashion). AZfashion will be an innovative and dynamic start up, meant to turn dreams into reality. Richemont owns several of … Read more

‘I go with my instincts’: queen of vintage Kate Moss on how to shop secondhand

As she releases a book in conjunction with the Museo de la Moda in Chile, the supermodel remembers some of her favourite vintage looks

Dark crystals: the brutal reality behind a booming wellness craze

Demand for ‘healing’ crystals is soaring – but many are mined in deadly conditions in one of the world’s poorest countries. And there is little evidence that this billion-dollar industry is cleaning up its act.

By Tess McClure