Wedding wines that will get a good reception

Champagne’s a must for the toast, but you could break free of the safe sauv blanc and merlot, and instead choose a wine you know and love – or even something else entirely

Are crystals the new blood diamonds?

Gwyneth loves them, Adele can’t sing without them and Kim Kardashian uses them to deal with stress. Many of us are lured by their beauty and promise of mystical powers, but are ‘healing’ crystals connecting us to the earth – or harming it?

10 of the best restaurants in Brittany, France

The region is famous for its crêpes, cider and fresh seafood, which can be enjoyed everywhere from oyster markets to fine bistros overlooking the sea

Left to rot: the new global effort to preserve lost monuments

From a railway run by children in Ljubljana to brutalist monuments in the Balkans, the Nonument Group maps abandoned 20th-century architecture