Britain’s craft boom produces new model artisan army

From furniture to ceramics, small-scale businesses – all 12,000 of them – are satisfying consumer demand for ethical, handmade goods

Top London museums focus on our obsession with the shoe

Three major summer exhibitions will highlight how footwear can define and transform us

Fashion’s obsession with running

With sports shoes on the front row and editors training for marathons, the fashion industry has fallen for running in a big way. So how do you look chic on the starting line?

From the frow to the brow: how front row politics transcended fashion

Once upon a time, the most in-demand seat was on the front row of a Burberry show. Now it’s a seat courtside at the NBA playoffs and even in high-octane exercise classes

What the experts say: how to make our cities more sustainable

Catch-up on the highlights from our recent panel discussion on sustainable cities, including why it is a myth that Spaniards don’t cycle