Gold can be a big deal for small investors, but nothing is certain

Outstripping house prices, the FTSE 100 and fix-rate bonds, the precious metal looks tempting. Just remember that what goes up…

Bulgari’s €1.5m restoration of Rome’s Spanish Steps hit by delays

Economic woes and bureaucracy hold up work on city’s attraction, leaving it closed at height of tourist season

How clean eating devoured the diet

No one can agree on what it means – and that’s because the obsession with eating ‘clean’ is less about what you put into your body and more about how you sell those choices to your followers

How to fashion-proof your house the Marc Jacobs way

A cover story for Architectural Digest reveals the designer’s world of interiors at home in New York

Modernism on the coast: Le Corbusier and Eileen Gray shine at Cap Moderne

A peninsula near Monaco is home to an array of modernist architecture, including houses by two stars of the scene, and a revamped visitor centre is helping to show it all in the best light