We treat our pets as people. Is it because it’s getting harder to have faith in humans?

From Ikea cat beds to puppucinos, pets are taking over the world. We think we own them, but in reality it’s the other way round

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lieke Martens take Fifa player-of-the-year awards

• Real Madrid player wins men’s vote for fifth time after stellar year
• Holland international who starred at Euro 2017 takes women’s prize

Is Richard Branson’s high-speed train in a pneumatic tube pie in the sky?

First airlines, then spaceships. Now the Virgin boss wants to build Hyperloop One – a high-speed, pneumatic maglev railway. But engineering experts doubt that it will ever leave the station

Green age kicks: how ethical trainers won the fashion seal of approval

Veja trainers are beloved of Emma Watson, adored by the sneakerheads who frequent Dover Street Market and draw huge crowds in Paris. They are a lesson in how sustainable clothing can also be cool

Meet Liz Diller, the rebel architect behind MoMA, the High Line and now a home for Simon Rattle

Her practice beat Foster, Gehry and Piano to clinch London’s new £250m Centre for Music. She talks about fuelling gentrification – and why arts buildings have to be more than corporate baubles

10 of the best attractions in Emilia-Romagna: readers’ travel tips

Fast cars, slow food, hilltop castles and open-air art galleries … Our readers pick their highlights of Emilia-Romagna – classic Italy without the crowds