10 of the best museum shops around the world

It’s not always a case of avoiding the ‘exit through the gift store’ bit. These striking and creatively stocked museum shops are worth a visit in their own right
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Self-driving cars are coming, and the technology promises to save lives

Car crashes could be a thing of the past if car makers deliver on their promise to roll out autonomous cars over the next five years. But researchers are still questioning what this accident-free future might look like

José Mourinho: key reflections on the Special One’s wardrobe

José Mourinho was more than Chelsea’s manager. He was an all-navy hairo, a clothes horse among men. Let’s look back on his style rules

Sharing instead of owning: carsharing with classic cars. How to drive the Legends you’ve always dreamed of.

Daimler Business Innovation is developing a carsharing concept for Young- and Oldtimer called Legends Classic Car Club by Mercedes-Benz. The club  will bring together a community of enthusiasts who enjoy driving classic cars.  Mercedes is thinking of those people, who live in urban areas and do not have the space to keep a classic car … Read more

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

On tiny Fair Isle, a cottage industry enjoys the sweet smell of success

The Shetland island’s knitwear designers are quietly pleased at the attention they won when Chanel was obliged to say sorry for copying their designs