Romancing the bottle

Wine-tasting sounds romantic but Jancis Robinson has seen it go wrong. She shares her tips to avoid disaster

Zurich city guide: what to see, plus the best restaurants, bars and hotels

Yes, it’s big on banking and watches but don’t imagine the Swiss city is entirely straitlaced – this year it’s going gaga over Dada for starters

2016 Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair: This year’s Guest of Honour’s Triptych installation

This year’s Guest of Honour – Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby create a Triptych installation at Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair (held on February 9-13, 2016 at Stockholmsmässan), the world’s largest meeting place for Scandinavian furniture and lighting design. Previous Guests of Honour include Patricia Urquiola, Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, Naoto Fukasawa, Konstantin Grcic, Giulio Cappellini, … Read more

‘Like a shimmering sea creature’: Britain’s first amphibious homes

A luxury floating house on the Thames that rises and falls with the water levels is just the start for the architectural duo set on addressing problem flooding

What should I wear? Fashion’s biggest questions – according to Google

The search engine recently revealed the 10 style questions it is asked most often. From tying a shirt to walking in heels, our fashion experts answer the internet’s queries

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