Extreme makeup: how the girls and boys of Generation Z created a huge new subculture

Many young people now spend hours in their bedrooms, perfecting extraordinarily intricate looks to put up online

The new foundations by Pat McGrath and Charlotte Tilbury – reviewed

The world’s two leading makeup artists launch foundations this week – our beauty expert puts them to the test

Fiat 500 Jolly Spiaggina e-Icon: ‘Now you too can sample la dolce vita’

The groovy 60s doorless beach buggy classic has been fitted with an electric motor – and you can hire one

‘Plastic recycling is a myth’: what really happens to your rubbish?

You sort your recycling, leave it to be collected – and then what? From councils burning the lot to foreign landfill sites overflowing with British rubbish, Oliver Franklin-Wallis reports on a global waste crisis

Fuell Fluid ebike: ‘Turns heads in any bike lane’

This swift new ebike from Harley-Davidson man Erik Buell has sleek lines and extended range

How luxury hotels such as Biarritz’s Hôtel du Palais have helped shape history

The venue for this weekend’s G7 summit played a pivotal role in Edwardian politics