Design news for November

The best new design this month from craft for Christmas to the best font for writing about philosophy

Gus Van Sant: ‘We are living in a wilder time than anything we could imagine’

He is the king of the Hollywood underground. So why has he made a mini-series for Gucci? The film-maker talks about life in isolation, his gay president project and the big screen’s demise

A Luxury Travel List For 2021

  Travel may be off the cards this year but that doesn’t stop us from creating our wish list for 2021. We’ve rounded up some of the most stunning places around the world to create the ultimate list of luxurious destinations. You might be surprised to find out some are closer to home than you … Read more

From Llandudno to Stromness: 10 of the best hidden gem art galleries

A selection of the best art off the beaten track, featuring skeletal effigies, glowing landscapes and Victorian polymaths

‘This is the Everest of zero carbon’ – inside York’s green home revolution

The city plans to build Britain’s biggest zero-carbon housing project, boasting 600 homes in car-free cycling paradises full of fruit trees and allotments. When will the rest of the UK catch up?

‘Courage, elegance, grit’: architect David Adjaye makes history by winning RIBA award

For the first time in its 173-year history, RIBA awards its gold medal to a black architect – and his best, and strangest, work may be yet to come