Earth hour: millions will switch off lights around the world for climate action

Annual switching off of lights in homes, businesses and landmarks holds extra significance ahead of this year’s climate talks in Paris, says the UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon

The best Easter eggs, chocolate, hot cross buns and simnel cake – taste test

Handmade Harrods egg for £30 or Aldi’s fudge egg for £3? A tenner on biscuits or £1.25 for a fruit ring? Our comprehensive Easter treats test reveals when to shell out – and when to bag a cracking bargain

A Caterham retro race car for every driving enthusiast

The Caterham Seven 270, 360, and 420. Caterham Cars has introduced three new additions to its existing range of iconic British retro sportscars. The new Caterham range offers ‘accessible fun’ through the traditional Caterham minimalistic, lightweight approach to sportscar engineering. The Caterham range is now rationalised to five core models. “Caterham Cars has been making … Read more

First world war centenary boosts 2014 UK tourism figures

Scotland’s attractions receive 10% visitor increase after Commonwealth Games while Tower of London’s poppies installation attracted five million alone

The white shirt according to me. Gianfranco Ferré’s camicia bianca

La camicia bianca secondo me. Gianfranco Ferré’s white shirt retrospective in Milan. “In the contemporary lexicon of elegance, I like to think that my white shirt is a term in universal usage. But which everyone pronounces as they wish…,” wrote Gianfranco Ferré, one of the fathers of Italian prêt-à-porter. referring to his icon garment, now … Read more

Dolce and Gabbana are unafraid of spats, but IVF row divides family of fans

The Italian fashion partnership rooted in Dolce’s Sicilian style and Gabbana’s graphic inventiveness are unrepentantly bound to family