Imran Amed: meet fashion’s most influential man

Imran Amed’s website, the Business of Fashion, is the oracle of the style world. As its top 500 power list is published, we ask how he’s got designers and editors hanging on his every word

Mexican icon: how Diana Kennedy changed how we cook

The Essential Cuisines of Mexico remains an important repository not just of cookery, but of Mexican folklore

London fashion week vows to be fur-free

British Fashion Council says LFW in September will be first of big fashion weeks to ditch animal fur

Burberry to stop burning unsold items after green criticism

Company will reuse, repair or recycle products and end use of real fur

Thirty years at Vogue: how Anna Wintour changed the way the world gets dressed

In her years as editor of American Vogue, Wintour has invented soft power dressing and become as famous as her celebrity cover stars. Lionised and satirised, respected and feared – could she now be ready to abdicate?

Rich overseas parents buy £2bn of property to get top school places

Wealthy parents see London properties as route to private schools for their children