Rowan Moore: the best architecture of 2015
From dumb towers to cool interventions, 2015 saw the gap widen between the big and brainless and the small and thoughtful
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Laura Cumming: the best art of 2015
It was a wonderful year, as Goya’s extraordinary portraits got together, Ai Weiwei broke free and Eric Ravilious took us to the skies
Bicester Village: top UK tourist attraction and shopping Shangri-la
Bargains, glamour and its own railway station – no wonder Bicester is one of Britain’s top tourist attractions, says Eva Wiseman
The ideal shopping experience: can technology deliver?
Virtual-reality shops, magic dressing room mirrors, 3D printing … the choice for consumers is huge, but can technology alone create a retail Utopia?
Drink: go yo-ho-ho with a bottle of high street rum
Rum is dark and seductive as the most handsome of pirates. So unleash your inner Jack Sparrow when you next go shopping
Europe has the edge in fashion and luxury – and cars do OK, too
We have yet to produce a Facebook or a Google, but this side of the Atlantic is also no slouch in aerospace, oil and pharma