This new Touch Screen Remote connects rear seat passengers with luxury in-car features

    The Touch Screen Remote (TSR) is as intuitive as it is beautiful, finished in polished metal embellished with diamond knurling. The new Bentley Flying Spur’s multi-functional Touch Screen Remote affords rear seat occupants unprecedented control over the car’s extensive range of luxury features. At the touch of a button, the Remote deploys itself … Read more

Hottest front-room seats: the best theatre and dance to watch online

From live-streams of new plays to classics from the archive, here are some of the top shows online now or coming soon

Who decides what you wear? Meet fashion’s formidable silent force

Net-a-Porter reaches customers in 170 countries. But you probably haven’t heard of its global buyer Elizabeth von der Goltz. Here, she talks about nurturing brands, appearing on Netflix and why she will always ‘innately love fashion’

Art books to self-isolate with, from Patti Smith to Lucian Freud – the week in art

Picasso’s inner beast, a sizzling take on Bacon and Buñuel’s last breath are among our art biographies to curl up with – all in your weekly dispatch

Prada’s cultural foundation is transforming a period of crisis into an opportunity for study and analysis

        The digital presence and the “remote” visitors. Fondazione Prada, the cultural institution founded by Prada luxury house  is experiencing new ways of operating and communicating. Fondazione Prada increases and reimagines its digital presence in response to the temporary closure of exhibition spaces due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. The question “What … Read more

Ai Weiwei: ‘An artist must be an activist’

The Chinese artist answers questions from Observer readers and art world luminaries on creativity and protest, Chinese politics – and why he never cooks the same dish twice