From Bathsheba Everdene to lumbersexuals, what’s hot and what’s not this week
On their toes: stationery jewellery, pass agg teen speak, Raised By Wolves. On their heels: emojis, Card Room Green, and… er, toes
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What the experts say: how to make our cities more sustainable
Catch-up on the highlights from our recent panel discussion on sustainable cities, including why it is a myth that Spaniards don’t cycle
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?
Hong Kong opens £193m luxury Buddhist monastery to public
Brainchild of Li Ka-shing, Asia’s richest person, Tsz Shan complex features several grand halls, gardens and 250ft statue of goddess Guan Yin
The good, the glad and the celebrities: Burberry hails return of the poncho
British fashion house thanks spaghetti western-style reversible garment for 9% growth in like-for-like sales in past year
Ask the real experts about ocean acidification, not climate science deniers
Scientists review column on ocean acidification in The Australian newspaper and find it was ‘misleading’, ‘very wrong’ and ‘ill informed’.