Top London museums focus on our obsession with the shoe
Three major summer exhibitions will highlight how footwear can define and transform us
Museums
Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty review – superficially magnificent
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
A ravishing retrospective of the late designer’s work inspires awe, unease, frustration and covetousness
Top 10 museum cafes and restaurants in Paris
Many of Paris’s museum cafes and restaurants now offer a lot more than coffee and cake. You can now expect great food and magnificent art – and some take their cuisine so seriously they merit a visit in their own right
First world war centenary boosts 2014 UK tourism figures
Scotland’s attractions receive 10% visitor increase after Commonwealth Games while Tower of London’s poppies installation attracted five million alone
Alexander McQueen’s menswear show is a thing of savage beauty
Military-style collection takes centre stage in London the same year that McQueen gets a retrospective at the V&A
Rowan Moore’s top 10 exhibitions of 2014
Parking lots in Los Angeles, arty wind tunnels, Dada collages and 1960s visions of future living – Rowan Moore picks his favourite shows of the year