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?

The common ground between coffee geeks and growers

With climate change decimating the harvest, caring about coffee is not just a hipster indulgence