House-hunting in Silicon Valley: tech’s newly rich fuel a spectacle of excess

As flamenco dancers and baristas help show off multimillion-dollar homes, there is no longer room for the middle class

Gucci tops the 2019 BrandZ Top 30 Most Valuable Italian Brands ranking

  ‘Brand Italy’ continues to make its mark on the world. Italy is recognised as a world leader in exquisite food, fast cars and elegant fashion. According to research by WPP’s BAV Group, the Italian brands perform exceptionally well in other sectors such as Energy, Oil & Gas and Cruises. ‘Brand Italy’ performs exceptionally well, … Read more

The flying saucers have landed: Qatar’s thrilling new supersized museum

It took 18 years to build, has nearly a mile of galleries and is inspired by a desert rose. But is Jean Nouvel’s eye-popping creation for the world’s wealthiest nation too extravagant to fill?

How to move a masterpiece: the secret business of shipping priceless artworks

What happens when a forklift goes through your Picasso? By Andrew Dickson

Still fresh as a daisy: Mary Quant’s era-defining fashion

Her exuberant clothes catered to women’s new sense of freedom in the 60s and a V&A retrospective shows Mary Quant is as relevant as ever

• My Mary Quant gem: women on the treasures they donated

Back-to-front dressing: the Duchess of Cambridge knows what she’s doing

When Kate opted to wear her lilac Gucci blouse backwards, she tapped into the fashion zeitgeist