My quest to find the great American perfume
From France to Dubai, scent is viewed as high art – but not in America. What is it about our relationship to smell that puts us so far behind in this field?
Art and design
Britain’s craft boom produces new model artisan army
From furniture to ceramics, small-scale businesses – all 12,000 of them – are satisfying consumer demand for ethical, handmade goods
Top London museums focus on our obsession with the shoe
Three major summer exhibitions will highlight how footwear can define and transform us
The future of luxury goods – from toxic waste urns to a compass that helps you get lost
A refreshing new exhibition at the V&A questions what luxury is and where it’s heading … and proves that £100k watches and fabulous fur hats count for nothing if you don’t have the ultimate luxury of time and space
Beyond the bling: the most pointless luxuries ever
A bubble-bath necklace? A DNA vending machine? An unwearable gold hat that took 12 years to weave? Through a collection of priceless, pointless and surprising objects, the V&A’s new exhibition asks: what is luxury?
Paris matches masterpieces with Keys to a Passion exhibition
Some of the world’s most recognisable art, including works by Picasso, Matisse and Munch, goes on display together for first time at the Fondation Louis Vuitton